Well, increasingly that long haul of university and steady job just leads to student debt and being pinched by cost of living increases that outpace the nominal

Well, increasingly that long haul of university and steady job just leads to student debt and being pinched by cost of living increases that outpace the nominal rate of inflation. No wonder people dream about quick fixes - even if or especially because they are a long shot. Edited to add, it's only worse that a lot of these quick fixes are fraudulent; the van life or trad wife influencers are often recipients of generational wealth to begin with.