Keith F. Lynch skreiv:
> It's possible for someone to make such poor choices that they find
> themselves temporarily stuck in a hole. But that's still enormously
> different from being thrown into a hole by someone else, and knowing
> that they will kill you if you ever attempt to leave.

True. But I'd like to point out that how "stuck" the average person is
is as dependant on the society in which he/she lives than it is on
choices made by the individual himself. (offcourse staying in that
society is to some degree a choice too...)

For example, if you live in a country with high unemployment, low
salaries, bad and/or nonexistant childcare and no universal healthcare
it is quite hard to become independent from your employer.

If you live somewhere where there is universal healthcare, good wages
and a near-zero unemployment-rate, along with good enough and plentiful
enough childcare that both partners can easily work if they want to,
then it is very VERY easy to become reasonably independent.



Eivind Kjorstad

Eivind Kjorstad <eivindorama@gmail.com> wrote:
> If you live somewhere where there is universal healthcare, good
> wages and a near-zero unemployment-rate, along with good enough
> and plentiful enough childcare that both partners can easily work
> if they want to, then it is very VERY easy to become reasonably
> independent.

Medical insurance is less of a concern when changing jobs these days
in the US, since increasing numbers of jobs no longer provide it.

And most Americans *do* change jobs every few years, and did even when
nearly all jobs provided medical insurance.
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