I don't know how much but even if you're getting the whole thing it doesn't seem like a great deal. "But if I weren't working, I'd get the whole thing, and it might be worth it being poor if I didn't have to go to work." No, it wouldn't. You don't have to work, and unless your hobbies are watching daytime broadcast television or hanging around outside a Co-Go's, I believe you'd find yourself bored with the welfare lifestyle rather quickly.
This might have been a valid argument in 1989 but nowadays many people can do a remarkable amount of entertaining themselves with no additional cost if they have a computer and a broadband. Anyone academically inclined with an interest like ancient philosophy that doesn't have commercial utility can do a lot of reading and writing with just a small apartment and an internet connection.
This might have been a valid argument in 1989 but nowadays many people can do a remarkable amount of entertaining themselves with no additional cost if they have a computer and a broadband. Anyone academically inclined with an interest like ancient philosophy that doesn't have commercial utility can do a lot of reading and writing with just a small apartment and an internet connection.
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