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> Assuming I don’t want to starve to death, what are my other options?

Well that's the rub, you don't want to work, you want to eat. The food has to come from somewhere. Even if you were a forager, other animals want to eat the same food.

> I suppose that’s technically a “choice”, but only by the most ruthlessly literal definition.

"Technically correct, the best kind of correct." More seriously we are talking about survival and food. Its hard to imagine a more ruthless domain of inquiry.