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I don't disagree with you, that is why people make those choices. But from a larger perspective it doesn't make any sense. Essentially everyone is in agreement that there are in theory more access and less barriers than ever. With that in mind it is completely ridiculous to spend twenty or thirty years working for security. With more opportunities you need more access to security, not less, so people can pursue those opportunities.

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If you mean financial security, I think most Americans think you will work harder without financial security. It's just not a thing that most americans (at least once you factor in our privileging of rural votes) want our government to facilitate.

I mean, I personally think education is a great investment opportunity for the government; it's like those schools that give you an education and then take a bit of your income for a while, right? it seems like good free education would more than pay for itself.

But most people (or, at least most voting power) seem to disagree with me.

> If you mean financial security, I think most Americans think you will work harder without financial security.

I have no idea what people are thinking, if they are at all. Work primarily matters when there are no opportunities. Zuckerberg isn't the hardest worker of his generation. He found one of the best opportunities.

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