I usually forgive Americans for not knowing this, but 'the system' is something we've built up together to help ourselves and organize ourselves. Unemployment is a statistically calculable fact, so we can plan for it.

That systems tend to start living their own lives is of course the challenge, because indeed the point of this system is not the system, but to help ourselves. Like democracy, it requires indefinite maintenance, upgrades and changes. But that does not mean it's bad, it means people are a hard problem.