You may be disqualified from receiving unemployment if you quit.

If you really believe they are there for a fake job, why would they suddenly "grow a conscious and leave" and risk unemployment benefits.

David Graeber talked about 'Bullshit Jobs' over a decade ago, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit_Jobs and proposed strong unions and universal basic income as a potential solution - the latter makes it easier to quit a fake job.

Do people know they have a fake job? Is it actually a fake job? On HN you'll see a lot of people say they have a bullshit job, while others say it isn't bullshit work, it just feels like that to the employee, and still other say they don't have a bullshit job but it might look that to others.