I’m a 22 year old black male in one of the highest cost of living areas in the US. Basically I’ve been a “purple(blue)” pill beta for the last 4 years and I’m finally starting to make progress, however there’s one thing that I can’t seem to figure out: how the fuck do I make enough money to survive?

I live in a “diverse” area meaning that blue collar work is dominated by illegal immigrants and white collar work is constantly being outsourced and automated. The colleges are impacted and overpriced, the job market is dominated by middle aged workers with degrees and I don’t have any of the luxuries my peers have. I’m dead broke, no education, unskilled, I have no transportation, financial support or even much time to save whatever pennies I’ll be able to scrape together once I find work. Full time work without a degree is nonexistent, and the only places that would be interested in hiring me are the businesses trying to meet a diversity quota.

At this point I have no preferred career path. To “make it on my own” I need to literally double my potential income. So my question is what skill can I learn, what type of education should I pursue, how do I escape this hellhole? I have aspirations of owning a business one day but for now how the fuck do I just survive???