Maybe. But has there every been a time in history where we haven’t had to pay to live, either in money or in time and energy put into survival?

And it’s a tragedy even for those people where money is not an obstacle. Everyone gets old. Everyone’s adorable toddler grows up to be a stinky teenager. Either you die or all your loved ones die or some of them die and then you die. I don’t think it’s just economics that makes it a tragedy - although the current system certainly contributes to the tragedy.