And you are also correct about innovation. But the country simply has to provide meaningful employment for those not able to handle a high-tech job.
We can't have a country where 40% of the workforce is operating robotic super-computers and 60% are on welfare.
“The country” cannot provide employment of any form. They can, to a degree, provide a job but it is always at the expense of (1 + x; x > 0) jobs in the private economy therefore employment is reduced overall.