Mmmmmm. Yup, Lucient. How to start life when you're twenty is a complex, mind-bending, confusing project. And I'm not at all pulling your leg or making fun of you. Don't be shocked at the state of the world. It's always been this way. Seriously. There is NO time in the past when the world has not appeared to be entirely crazy to someone twenty years old. I would urge you to give up trying to make sense of such nonsense as capitalism, religion, elitism or anything of the kind. And as for those twice or three times your age, you ought to be more interested in their ideas and attitudes, however crazy they may seem. Those people have been in the world much longer than you have. They very well may have learned something you haven't yet learned, and should learn. It may be crazy, it may be stupid, it may be disgusting, but you don't have to agree with it, though you really should find out what it is.

Ummm, Lucient, you're twenty years old. You don't even KNOW yet your "true goals in life." No kidding. You ain't there yet. And as far as being a corporate slave, the first thing you need to do is find out how and where to be a corporate slave with a good salary. It really doesn't have to be a never ending stream of debt and ignorance. But you do have to pay for food and lodging. As far as concerns that future where mankind is free from slavery, I'll tell you frankly, that won't happen. No kidding, it really won't. The choice is between relatively well-paid slavery and poorly paid slavery. Seriously. If you can wangle your way into relatively well-paid slavery you'll be doing well. Really. No kidding. If you can get beyond that with a start-up of your own and an IPO and money in the bank, fantastic. But most of us don't get past well-paid slavery. And I'll tell ya, it's not that bad!

Friend, lower your sights. The probability is that you're not going to luck out and leap over the obstacles that face everyone else. Don't worry, there are very significant advantages in having to go through the same obstacle course that everyone else faces. You learn things that way. Important things. There are no easy ways out. There's nothing anyone here on PC can tell you that will magically transform your task into something both easier and better at the same time. No. The job market is tough. No question. Despite that toughness, you need to do what you can to get a decent job, putting everything else aside. That's your real test. You're by no means the first who has gone through that and you'll not be the last. This includes your great-grandfather and everyone since. Life doesn't really change that much over the generations. Take care!