The 'menial' work is what builds the foundation of a country which is infastructure and agriculture, you wont have a country without this not even a home to live in.
Its a great start for a person as it builds discipline, strenght, health and appreciation, because we as a culture look down on this, it explains our poor work ethic regardless were we live in the world.
Its why we have the least paved roads in the world and rank the worst in the corruption index for several decades, and every other metric; pride of course comes before fall.
I am grateful that in my early years I lived in a quiet village somewhere in Europe far away from Somali's and their toxic believes, so these despicable ideas never took root.