DISQUS

This is in a similar vein to a previous comment I left on another post, but I wanted to add to what Marc said. People are being led to believe (not by this website, of course, but those Marc referred to) that freedom can only be had by making oodles of money and working a couple of hours a day (or week!). I think this attitude is completely missing the point. It's all wrapped up in marketing and consumerism and thus panders to the very evils that people who pursue freedom are trying to escape from. The truth is that very few people can make huge amounts of money doing small amounts of work, and it is far better for readers to work on reducing the amount they need to live on than to chase dreams of becoming a millionaire "the easy way".

If one thinks they need lots of money to find freedom, they need only blame themselves for having a long list of "needs". Many people make do with very little, and therefore "buy" freedom with a small income and good spending habits. How much money one needs to be free depends entirely on what one is willing to give up. And that's different for everybody.