The concept of a labor-free society, much like the concepts of a society free of currency or governments is a flawed one because it relies too much on trust. You trust that as long as you live a happy existence, the people around you will do the same. You trust that when you make your offerings to the community, there is nobody among them that is filled with greed and takes more than he needs.
We can offer our goods to our fellow man, but what is to guarantee that he will do the same in return? That is the essence of trading. Simple bartering fails because traders may not always have what each other wants. Money become that universal that can be traded instead of goods. In time, we learn to trade our bodies (as labor) in exchange for this universal known as currency, and this is why we need jobs. Quite simply humanity has shown that it cannot be trusted, and that is why your concept can never work.
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Cameron originally envisioned the Terminator as a small, unremarkable man, giving it the ability to blend in more easily. As a result, his first choice for the part was Lance Henriksen. O. J. Simpson was on the shortlist but Cameron did not think that such a nice guy could be a ruthless killer.
-From the Collector's Edition DVD of The Terminator
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