No, what I’m saying is that Salon would play up the victim element and make it very clear he lost his job. They aren’t, and that suggests to me that he left it of his own accord and went forth with no plans. He’s fallen gently into the cushy net that once was only to keep the desperate from starving. Now it’s simply another way of living comfortably while you slowly lose your motivation to struggle back onto your feet. Not to mention the woman in this article... grad student in art for pete’s sake... we are becoming a nation of Elois. People trained only for the most delicate and satisfying work (and with palates to match, clearly.) It’s symptomatic of a larger problem, and it’s not just the economy. It’s the attitude.
Exactly. They don’t sound in a hurry to get a paying job and just support themselves.