the commune already has a poet

Dude, your comment is so retarded I had to rewrite the reply.
If you want opression of lower classes by forcing them to do manual labor that could be automated, than look for it in your glorious communistic China and its sweatshops.
Automation to cut out the need of low skilled labor is in capitalism.

very generous of you to presume they need hard hats when there's no solid building or materials anywhere in the commune that the hat would protect them from