Someone is stealing your life (1990)
> On the other hand - or so they say - you're free, and if you don't like your job you can pursue happiness by starting a business of your very own, by becoming an "independent" entrepreneur. But you're only as independent as your credit rating. And to compete in the business community, you'll find yourself having to treat others - your employees - as much like slaves as you can get away with.<p>The whole piece is like that.<p>Self-defeating. Blame others for problems. Finding trivial problems insurmountable. And also - flat out false.<p>He overlooks some basic things - like that you can work part time, freelance, or save up your money and then not work for a few years.<p>Some jobs and are enjoyable and people like their work.<p>There's no rule that says you have to be a shitty boss.<p>You don't need a credit rating to do business.<p>But mostly, it's just all self-defeating negative nonsense. I've basically never been salaried, I started in business with no credit rating at all (I avoided credit cards like the plague, so I got a credit rating at all relatively late in life), and I've never had to slavedrive anyone.<p>It's easier to blame others than to look for solutions. Probably feels better. But it's nonsense. You can build a pretty good life with some effort. Takes effort, true. But it's there if you want it.