"It seems like it would be more appealing to people without good paying work" Good paying work is golden handcuffs. Many of the people who started on the net

"It seems like it would be more appealing to people without good paying work" Good paying work is golden handcuffs. Many of the people who started on the net (90's) were able to do so because they had nothing else significant going on at the time. If they had a high paid corporate job, or even a "normal" paying job, were an attorney, or even ran a small business, they had neither the time nor did it make sense to take chances. If you have nothing, as Dylan said, you have nothing to lose.