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"Nobody wants to work anymore..." is always an incomplete sentence. "for these wages", "under these conditions", "for little gain", etc.
No, they don't, and shouldn't have put up with it this long.
They put up with that condition because there's no alternative at the time. Until gig work like uber and food delivery came along, which people realise paid more than those other dead end job does, so they flock to these jobs. Now the dead end job that pay minimum wages aren't competitive enough, and can't hire anyone, hence the saying.
Not saying gig work is good in the long run, but to people who have literally no other choice, it's a godsend, a chance to earn more for the effort and time they put in.
You're right. "All experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed." People deal with shit while they can, rather than changing.
But the phrase mentioned is an old one used against people who finally had enough for whatever reason, and always leaves off why they've had enough, and what gave them enough motive to change to something else. One could say that the increase of "nobody wants to work anymore" is a signal of a new wave of quiet rebellion.
The lesson is that people shouldn't have to settle for things because they don't have a choice. In anything. Work, relationships, health, food.
Followed by the implicit "... and I should be exempt from this, I need a $200k wage with $1 million hourly bonuses."
Labour rights and duties apply to everyone. Be a member of a trade union!