> This is, pardon the french, puritan bullshit. The sentiment of "the willpower to get up and go to work" is not puritan bullshit. It's a turn of phrase to ind

> This is, pardon the french, puritan bullshit. The sentiment of "the willpower to get up and go to work" is not puritan bullshit. It's a turn of phrase to indicate an adult responsibility of personal agency. Many people are too lazy (and/or afraid) to better their lives - which, put another way, is "putting in the work". His mental state may have produced a myopic goal/methodolgy that rationalized being trapped in the airport, ie Nasseri refused this on the grounds of wanting to enter the UK as originally intended. Given some effort and an uncertain future of a different vein, he could have left for any number of destinations with panhandled money, year over year. The statement has nothing to do with community, per se, as the work referenced would be through the greater international community.