> can't wait for the ideal job to appear because you might starve first.

and therefore, you choosing the current best option available to you is not coersion. Therefore, it's free-will.

starvation is not a problem in developed countries which is the topic we are talking about here...

Asian welfare states are weaker than you think. The main solution if you can't afford much food is to move back in with your parents.

(Also very high rates of young women reporting doing sex work, though I don't know if that's because of poverty.)

> Asian welfare states are weaker than you think

I think I am fairly aware (see profile) and yet most people dont live paycheck to paycheck. the idea that most working class people are just one step away from being thrown in the streets is just a crazy delusion.

Sure, but I assumed we were talking about entry-level anime inbetweeners here, which presumably are young people with the least savings.

Homelessness, medical care, and access to food are absolutely significant issues in developed countries. Particularly the compounding effects - if you miss one rent payment, no one will rent you another location, jobs won't hire you with poor credit, and suddenly you're not able to get out of you situation. Particularly in America where nearly a quarter of people have medical debt: https://www.lendingtree.com/personal/medical-debt-statistics...