/lit/ - Literature

>>18183098
You can redeem your Art Hoe gf on the railroad tracks behind the walmart on the edge of town. Bring cash.

>reading a Dostoyevsky novel for my anarcho syndicalism book club(Burlington vt area is anybody is interested)
>Character is described as "destitute"
>Doesn't have a job, never has had a job, doesn't even consider trying to get a job
>None of the characters he knows even have jobs
> Still lives in an apartment on his own with literal servants and a cook
>Literally says he has not had any money for YEARS in the page before

Ok what the FUXK am I missing here?

Were the NEETbux really that much more generous in 19th century russia?
Is this the secret the USA has covered up to trick us into thinking we all NEED to work?

I've read quite a few books from that period and it seems everybody either retires from a comfy government job she they do nothing at 30 or just doesn't need to work!