For the record, if you've ever tried to go on welfare/unemployment (in USA) you'd know that it's anything but convenient. I had to fill out paperwork, meet dead

For the record, if you've ever tried to go on welfare/unemployment (in USA) you'd know that it's anything but convenient. I had to fill out paperwork, meet deadlines, show up for in-person meetings that took an hour longer than they ought to have, remember to re-apply each week... definitely not as easy as checking Facebook for the millionth time this morning. It's also a bit disingenuous to say that these services cripple your ability to independently operate - when I was on the dole I was having a blast going hiking and biking, drinking wine, writing music, and playing Nintendo Switch. That's about as independent a life as I could ask for, frankly.