Ever wonder why in America we live to work and in Europe they work to live? The entire system in the United States is designed (by our corporate overlords, who

Ever wonder why in America we live to work and in Europe they work to live? The entire system in the United States is designed (by our corporate overlords, who effectively make the laws) to make the people on the lower decks of the Titanic not get too comfortable. We overcompensate to overcome the artificially erected barriers, and we overachieve. Not because we want to, but because we have no choice. Why does Jane respond to Slack messages after 8PM and why does she check work emails on a Sunday night? No, not because of her superior American work ethic. Because Jane needs to outperform another workaholic, Steve, just by enough not to lose her job. Because if Jane loses her job, she also loses her health insurance. Jane risks being financially ruined if she slips in an unfortunate way or her appendix bursts. This is also, interestingly, the reason Jane cannot start her own business. Being untethered from the employer-provided safety net bares too much of a risk. Jane needs to get up every morning and go to work. While on a bus, she will probably be checking social media, where some spoiled brat will complain about their life, how everyone is out to get them, and how maybe people like Jane should WORK HARDER. https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/kim-kardashian-told-women-get-work-people-are-saying-s-hypocritical-rcna19547 https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/kim-kardashian...