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I'm French and I don't. I've been without a job for 8 months, and I don't feel like seeking one, so I didn't go to Kafka's administration to be treated like shit in exchange for money. I might go there if I feel like looking for a job again.

But it's true that there is a general feeling that there is something more than money to strive for in this country. That maybe this time in the sun with a beer at a terrasse where you are not raising kids or making money is not a complete improductive ritual to be eliminated, but maybe it's part of what makes a free human, time to think, relax, and exchange ideas.



That is spot on, work is not the meaning of life for the French. While for others, being without work is a life without meaning.

I can't say I encounter many unemployed people in France that could in any way be called depressed.


I think I am, but it's a different story, and when I work it doesn't really help my case.




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