It is an excellent trap. As in...terribly effective and also terribly rewarding.

The greatest example of pros and cons lol

So many things in life are traps that most get into before they are wise to them or what purpose they actually serve in the world:

- public education

- military service for a government that denies your benefits when you come back from combat broken, fighting in conflicts that have nothing to do with national security

- useless university degrees and student loan debt

- taking a job vs building a business and acquiring assets over time

- consumer credit debt

- marriage or cohabitation without a prenup

- mortgages