Work To Live

Everyone NEEDS a job, right? In order to be an accepted member of society, you need a stable place to live, you need a phone, internet, groceries, maybe a pet. Probably a car or at least access to a way to get around. There's costs. And to cover the costs of being an "acceptable member of society" you get a job. Sure, there are some jobs that are a little bit more flexible, but for most of us that means working for someone else for an agreed upon amount of money regardless of what that company or person gets at the end of the day. We have a fixed income. Maybe we're hourly so if we work more hours, we can make more, but then we break it down to we have a fixed amount of money each of our hours is worth. If that's the case, why do we still look at this as the best way to make a living for ourselves? Why do we "work to live"? Why do we say we'll "pay  ...