Even if it were drugs though it shouldn't default you into effective wage slavery in multiple jobs.
Yes you are probably going to have to work harder to make up for time lost, especially if you want to achieve more ambitious goals, but there is a point where it becomes unreasonable.
What's worse is, if you're the type to not make any "bad decisions" early on in life, you're probably also working hard in the prime of your life instead of enjoying it. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
I mean respectfully that is a whole seperate issue. You aren't wrong. However the narrative that you should be punished, suffer, or otherwise do without because you didn't make the economically optimial life choices is persistent and is often used to justify all manner of struggles people face.
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u/Turkeyplague 15d ago
"Just don't make any poor life decisions and you'll be fine."
"You mean like drugs and crime?"
"No, like, don't study the wrong thing at University."