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Re:Fewer young men are in the labor force, more are living a... by lumost on Friday June 11, 2021 @11:18AM (#27474527)
This has a lot of parallels to "opt-out" syndrome in Japan. Given the concurrent rise of VanLife and FIRE cultural phenomena it's worth considering why many individuals in developed economies ideal life is to not work.

I'd hypothesize that the rising costs both economic, and mental associated with what many consider a basic standard of living independently probably has alot to do with it.

Why work when 60 hours per week leaves you just barely scraping by and exhausted? Why not be just barely scraping by and not exhausted.

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Re:Fewer young men are in the labor force, more are living a... by mkmk2 on Friday June 11, 2021 @04:53PM (#27478343)
What are the FIRE cultural phenomena?
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Re:Fewer young men are in the labor force, more are living a... by arnado on Friday June 11, 2021 @06:06PM (#27479080)
Financial Independence, Retire Early

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/financial-independence-...

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Re:Fewer young men are in the labor force, more are living a... by iammisc on Saturday June 12, 2021 @12:30AM (#27481547)
Fire is the opposite of not having a work ethic. Most firees are incredibly disciplined and have a bigger work ethic than most normal people.
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Re:Fewer young men are in the labor force, more are living a... by lumost on Saturday June 12, 2021 @11:52AM (#27485276)
The result of this work ethic is to remove one’s self from the workforce. It’s a reasonable question as to why a lifetimes ambition for these hard workers is to be able to do nothing.
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Re:Fewer young men are in the labor force, more are living a... by qxga on Saturday June 12, 2021 @08:06PM (#27488539)
I think "retirement = doing nothing" is an incredibly strange assumption to make.
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Re:Fewer young men are in the labor force, more are living a... by iammisc on Saturday June 12, 2021 @03:51PM (#27487024)
Most people who fire do the opposite of nothing though. For example Mr money mustache, one of the early fire bloggers, doesn't work in corporate but runs his own co working space.

I'd say most firees are risk averse entrepreneurs.

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