I hope you don't mind, but I've reformatted your comment so that I could read it more easily and thought others would benefit as well: We are more mobile today

I hope you don't mind, but I've reformatted your comment so that I could read it more easily and thought others would benefit as well: We are more mobile today than at any point in history, to be honest[0]. Indentures servitude has been abolished to a large degree[1] and slavery has been outlawed[2]. Conscripted military service is gone in America and a lot of European countries[3]. Job mobility and the ability to save money is, while not easier than any point in history on a point by point history basis[4], on a macro scale of history - comparing medieval, renaissance or previous Europe and Russian and Chinese wealth distribution, mobility and freedoms of self - rent/mortgage may be due, but you can still break your agreement, sell your house[5], quit your job and be a homeless ascetic if you want. There are dozens of YouTube channels on VanLife you can watch people doing it... not for me, but you can do it. You can join an abbey[6]. You can leave the system and jump off the wheel, you just have to jump off the wheel and stop getting what the wheel gives you. [0] at least in western European style cultures... for a large portion of the world, this statement might hold true, but to a much lesser degree, if at all [1] this can be argued, but this is argumentative on the basis of predatory and college loans [2] again, this can be argued than prison labor is a form of slave labor in states like California when used to fight wildfires, but I'm not sure how much water those arguments hold [3] though several have mandatory service requirements [4] the 60's and 80's, I believe were easier... check my math, I might be wrong, there may have been others [5] there may be a penalty [6] though, I think you could have always done this... I'm not sure about this