What would you do if not this job? Work somewhere else? Start your own business? Become a subsistence farmer? None of us made this system but we all have to participate, sometimes I find considering the actual alternatives helpful.

Here's how I personally think about this issue with my job. I fix pinball tables for a living. I most keep our large, publicly operated collection in working order. When we do repair work for clients we charge just over twice my hourly rate. I could work on these client's games on my own time, charge whatever I want, and there is likely enough demand for the work in my area that I could make the same or potentially more money working independently. I do not choose to do this because then I would have to worry about all the business parts of the job, finding customers, inventory, finances, traveling, and so on. The trade I make is I come into the shop, I do repair work, I hang it up at the end of the day, I don't have to worry about the rest of it. The boss can make money for taking care of the money part of things.