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I don't think this is suggesting that people would go back to conventional employment, more that they're not going to just kick back and relax for the rest of their lives. You're example of going to do something useful would still count as work to most people.

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For most people I know, when they say they wish they had enough money that they didn't have to work, what they mean is that they wish they had enough money to escape the wage-labor relationship with an employer.

Indeed. There are plenty of things I could be doing, such as writing books or teaching martial arts, but there's not enough money in these activities to pay for food and accommodation.

I see. I think the two are really not the same. One is essentially total freedom, the other (conventional employment) is on a scale of 'do as you are told' - 'you 've got some say in how things are being run'.

Freedom in capitalism is financial independence. Yet most will never be free. Isn't that a failure? We can do whatever we want! Oh but we can't afford it.

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