As long as there is the concept of commerce and capitalism, there will always be an element that is going to be exploited. Only way up is social mobility via high-paying job, inheritance, or marrying into wealth.
This game of explotation and permanent underclass is ancient...
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But I am not pessimistic, I think they are a ton of avenues to get bread, crypto, social media, Amazon reseller, WFH remote jobs, but like anything, it takes a looootttt of work to get there and make it profitable. Most people don't have that grind it out mentality to take losses and defeats for years to be self-employed...The other option is to work for a company which leads me to my other point.....
Boomers are going to be out of the job market in one way or the other in the next 5 to 10 years, if not already, so the various markets will need replacements to fill those gaps. Millenials and GenZ must take advantage of these vacancies because "not working at all" isn't a realistic option....