It doesn't work that way. It has never worked that way.
But a lot of leaders don't have a clue what leadership means (Obama is a grade A example of this). And a lot of workers do think that they are owed a paycheck and don't really need to make much of an effort.
Our society has become very broken.
Heard that from a brandy-new third class Boatswain's Mate back in '61.