-——You can’t make someone productive.-——
of course you can.
You can give a typist an IBM Selectric and then a word processor. You can give a tire changer an air ratchet. You can give a carpenter a circular saw and an air nailer . You can give a grave digger a back hoe You can give a small contractor an I phone
I took that as make = force someone to be productive.
Give someone who has been on welfare a long time a hammer, and it would probably just confuse them.
What about making the non-productive more non-productive?
They’ll be WAY more productive if THEY WORK for the new items you are wanting to GIVE them.