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that's the thing though, humans spent the most time on just baseline survival during the agricultural revolution.
Hunter-gatherers actually have quite a lot of downtime, since they'd generally travel to follow food sources and thus food was readily available to them. There's also very clear archaeological evidence of hunter-gatherers straight up carrying and hand-feeding people who would have been completely unable to care for themselves due to severe injuries, so clearly they weren't opposed to "wasting" efforts.
Charity food and health care is generally accepted as a good thing. By contrast, the idea of some kind of UBI (universal basic income) as a floor - where a person could have food and housing while pursuing a dream like creating art - is widely opposed ("paid work gives dignity!").
Disbelief that our distant ancestors paid labor "taxes" to support artists in their community (which they definitely did) might be some psychological projection.