[kiba]

Doesn't really jive with the article.

Being self independent in a modern society means being able to find a job, tie one's shoes, take out the trash, do homework and so on all without active management by the parental units.

It doesn't mean surviving out in the wilderness.

[s_q_b]

"Able to find a job" sounds very easy from our vantage point. For the majority of people, it most assuredly is not.

And that is the root of the problem.

[antisthenes]

Finding a job is easy.

Finding a job that pays the bills and affords the worker a certain lifestyle is the difficult part.