Comments by "The Wayward Grape" (@thewaywardgrape3838) on "How Are 7 Million Unemployed Men Actually Surviving? - Nicholas Eberstadt" video.

  1. You became self-employed?
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  2. Over the years, I've realised that you can have a long life, yet it doesn't mean it'll be one you want to live. Chasing a long, comfortable life isn't always good long term. Personally I can't get onboard with the life-long debt for a house in the U.K.
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  3.  @alyxfaust5663  I assumed camping in the US was perfectly legal - can you not set up somewhere rent free?
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  4.  @juicyaf9298 Just like the UK. It's illegal to even live in a trailer home full time.
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  5. Artificial housing and living expenses (Living cost is always a funny term cause it somehow sugar coats the true meaning) keep people needing to work, so as to pay off that life long debt. Imagine if your house cost £50k - what would you spend the rest of your life working for?
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  6. Western societies aren't set up to allow for freedom - you only live in society as long as you play the game. We've traded a long life expectancy for what we have right now. COVID proved to people that modern western societies do not develop people healthily. You're to keep the wheels turning and accept the rules.
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