In fact, a lot of that money is now in the hands of young people who have never had to take a slave level starter job at the sweatshop. They have never groveled for the Man. For these new arrivals their first real adult task was to unlearn the expectations of failure. Perhaps, after that, there was no need to unlearn the fascination with the bohemian or alternative life that had been expected as the norm. These people are immune to many of the dour warnings and corporate conformity of what used to be commonly accepted.
Employers offer telecommuting, lax hours, no dress code, bigger and bigger benefit packages.
For some it is the boho path. This soon leads to the bad things that can occur when something good becomes trendy. Perhaps the recent financial restructuring, which has led to a country of people more aware of all this available cash and strong economy, has, in turn, led many more individuals to alternative lifestyles than would have normally fallen in this direction under less prosperous times. This is important, I will repeat it. Perhaps we have a situation in which too many people with emotional bodies that best serve a dumb, fat and happy mainstream life are lured into alternative careers.