Look around and you may notice your work supports the elderly, the sick, the hungry, and so forth. Sure, we're not a "collectivist utopia", but we're diverting a ton of money to the non-productive without our economies collapsing, or turning to "atrocity".

Ultimately, it's likely that if specialization and automation continue there will be more and more people who can't contribute much of significance to the economy. Unless you plan to execute them, we'll probably have to support them with taxes, because no one will want to hire them at a livable wage.