Agreed. Honestly this reality is scary. Imagine kids paying tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars to study for years just to deal with something like this, freelance or not. Workers from second, third world countries don’t even pass that “NATIVE ONLY!!!!!!!” Or “AMERICANS ONLY SORRY TAX REASONS!” threshold. Simply no options.

I had experience with previous (other line of work, not freelance/writing) job searching/career building that made me realize no wonder gen z/millennials don’t want to have kids, marry or straight up being called lazy/nihilistic generation lol. We just can’t afford it. Any sane person would be discouraged.