You seek help from the elders. A society with elders is healthy. It's not always that way in the West.
Well, I think he's right to notice that there is a difference in attitudes and even in the broadest sense of world view between Eastern Europe and Western Europe. Which is old and which is new is an interesting question, and I almost think that maybe he's got it backwards.
I was able to support myself by acting alone about six years ago. Until then, I was just scraping by.

