There was a few years between being a teenager and a young adult where I had to go to jail a few times. I went to a group home and then treatment because I was taken out of the home because I was fighting with my dad. Eventually I moved in with my mom in a section 8 apartment and I was working at subway. It was a studio apartment and I slept on couch cushions on the floor. My mom tried to charge me rent and I moved out on my own at 17. I got caught shoplifting, But I was too poor to pay the ticket, So I got a warrant for failure to appear, And got caught in a different town drunk, And had to go to court for the shoplifting charge. I was in jail for two weeks and the judge gave me time served for the shoplifting charge. At some point when you are that poor, Going to jail for breaking the law does not sound worse than living in society. Now that I am an adult the better strategy is to save money and obey the law, Because taking the time to enjoy something of good quality far outweighs the potential of trading your freedom for money by criminality, But there is a harsh period of peoples lives who don’t have parents that give them money. Eventually you have to make it over the hump of irresponsible behavior and being jealous of people who do have supportive families. I wonder if I will ever get married or have kids, Because my mother is a homeless person and my father is dead. Having kids it is more about having a supportive family than it is about lots of money. You can’t print emotional support. I guess the short answer is not really anything, I can compete well enough in the labor market that going to jail sounds wasteful. But in scenarios like the pandemic where nobody was working, Going to jail for stealing basic necessities did not sound that crazy. California make the law so people could steal 1000$ of stuff without prosecution?! It would take a holocaust for me to physically fight the government but I would be ready to die anyway at that point. I kind of think everyone should have to go to jail at some point just to see how much actual control the government has over your life. Criminals are much worse friends than government workers. The cost associated with criminal behavior is something people don’t consider. Being surrounded by shitty people is worse than being poor and alone or working for yourself and alone, But most people need to become criminals to learn that lesson.