Being a Neet (W) vs Being a Wagey (L)

Dependence is universal. Virtually everyone relies on someone or something to survive financially—whether it’s parents, employers, clients, or the state. The only exceptions, arguably, are those who’ve won the lottery or inherited vast wealth. The idea that wage workers are ‘independent’ or ‘free’ as we often hear is little more than a comforting myth. The reality is that wage workers are tethered to their bosses, who control their time, energy, and often their dignity. Entrepreneurs and freelancers, for all their supposed autonomy, are bound to the whims of clients, markets, and economies. NEETs simply take a different approach: they choose to rely on their parents, acknowledging the inevitability of dependence rather than cloaking it in illusions of independence. Why sacrifice your life to a mediocre boss or faceless clients when you can instead lean on those who already care for you? NEETs strip away the pretense and make a pragmatic, if controversial, choice.