This post brings 2 thoughts to mind. The first is Ayn Rands "Atlas Shrugged". There is a passage in there that speaks of the dignity and value of each persons effort and labor. I think a lot of people miss that in reading the book, Doesn't matter if it's society looking down on a group ( janitors, mechanics, cooks, dishwashers, plumbers) or an entity (the state in this case) taking from one group without adequate compensation, I think of dairy farmers in this case. This will take a political bent if I pursue it, so lets just leave at my assertion that some peoples idea of "fair" isn't fair at all.
The 2d thing it brings to mind is art. You have to types of art- you have the paintings, drawings, music, sculpture, etc, and then you have the art of doing something- building, masonry, growing crops, casting bullets, cooking, cutting up a beef, building a fence that's straight as a string. It's all art and it's all worthy of respect.
Just my 2 cents.