Exactly! Even play feels like work if you are being forced to do it, either through fear of deprivation or through bribery. Look up Alfie Kohn's work on intrinsic vs extrinsically motivated play. ("Punished by Rewards" is one of his many good books)And a UBI Universal Basic Income would go a long ways towards giving everyone the freedom to choose. A permanent safety net that moderates the existential dread underlying the capitalistic game we all are compelled to play. For example, if you pay kids to play video games they will loose interest in the game itself and once the rewards stop being given, they no longer care to play the game for free!
