To be honest with you from the moment people started to form some kind of groups you had a leader - person on top and "slaves" that do the things for the ones at the top. Same is in todays society everything is a freaking pyramid, you can try to fight it but that is what it is and I dubt that we can change much about it.

You must work to survive in todays society, you have an option tho to go far away from the nearest city and live on your own - hardly people want this. Everyone is complaining and wants something better, it is in our nature.

Until AI and bots start to replace our jobs and until we get some kind of universal basic income and have everything done for everybody we might escape the need to work for money but for that a lot of time has to pass.

Not to mention that consumers and their money is like the driving force for development in many fields today, you can't deny it. People are bombarded with ads and to buy the things they don't need. Everything is done precisely so that you get that dopamine rush that you need and you get stuck in the loop. It is important that you are aware of what is happening at least for a bit so that you don't become that person without life who is doing what others want him or her to do.