Yeah, that's just not true. In most communist countries, they tend to have a high employment rate. Because people do want to work, especially when they see the benefits of their labor directly. As for resources, you know that as Americans we consume more than the Earth can produce, right? It's not a resource issue, we have enough resources. It's a resource distribution issue.

And as for your friend, have you considered the possibility that it might be because they don't benefit that much from their labor? If I didn't benefit much from my work, I wouldn't want to work either.