You were not supposed to analyze the words deeply. The words were shaped to elicit the emotions of safety, security, and familiarity that presumed to exist in the "good old days". On the surface it might feel good. Yet to live it as we approach the singularity of almost vertical rate of change, its all but impossible.

I agree with Heinlein: "Specialization is for insects." Humans are not indistinguishable and interchangeable hive creatures. We are competitive/cooperative individuals each with unique and changing combinations of capacities, skills, interests, drives, and dreams.