[grumpyinfosec]

Depends on the person. Alot of people don't really care about the macro. They go to work to add value, seek the admiration of their peers, not get fired (etc) and then go home and do something else. Living your entire life without really worrying about geopolitical bullshit that you have no agency over may very well be the optimal strategy. We have people for that.

[lotsofpulp]

> Living your entire life without really worrying about geopolitical bullshit that you have no agency over may very well be the optimal strategy.

But they do have agency. For example, if you don’t like the deal being offered where you have kids and then work to the bone to skirt by so that someone else’s line goes up, you can choose to not have kids.

Eventually, this will impact the other person who wants their line goes up.

[grumpyinfosec]

i'm not sure many people would deny themselves the self-actualization / biological urge of becoming a parent for something as nebulous as sticking it to the man. People certainly didn't stop having children when we all where subsistence farmers or worked in glided aged era sweatshops to save them from the burden of being alive under the boot of capitalism.