Or if not pleasant, then at least the jobs that people are intrinsically motivated to do.

This is how America treats its teachers. Teachers want to do the job, so skimp on their pay and call it a budgetary victory.

Other countries will choose to value teachers, and pay them well, and generate more competition for positions, and reach a higher general level of qualifications & abilities.

Don't we already? That was the reason work lots of people enjoy doing, like game development, paid peanuts and/or worked through so many people.