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"Get paid for doing what you love" is a bourgeois fantasy. Sure you can probably make some pocket change selling knick-knacks on Etsy. But the concept that if you just work hard, you can turn your hobby into a career is a trick only works for the rich.
William S. Burroughs recieved an allowance from his parents while he wrote The Naked Lunch. "Follow your dreams" is nice. "Follow your dreams to financial stability" is like telling the mouse that there's delicious cheese in that mousetrap.
@rotatingskull "Work hard and be rich" made a lot of money for the guy who wrote the book, and it's been a useful propaganda piece to convince working slobs neoliberal economics is the only path to follow.
