A large amount of the jobs that exist now are meaningless, and the only reason why these jobs exist is because people “need something to do”. Lot of people who are doing these jobs are highly creative people who weren't able to find someone who was willing to buy their art (as if art is made to be brought, but I digress).
From an economical standpoint it would be much better for society to allow these people to work on their art, not in terms of GDP, or Inflows or Outflows whatever, but for sheer happiness. Do we really want to live a country full of mindless drones, or a country or philosophers, artists and Poets? I know my answer