The irony is just something to hide behind. Once again.
The difference between aspiring for easy money vs attaching yourself to some kind of social movement is that either you make some quick money or you don't. That's a concrete thing to hope for that can be easily verified whether you fail or not. Where as your contribution to some social cause is more nebulous and how significant it is to you is more subjective.
I don't even know what you mean by letting them colonize my brain to be selfish. Selfishness is my natural inclination. I want more money because i think i will enjoy that more. Not only does my own experience confirm that, the studies I've heard are that when you are below 70k a year earning more money does improve happiness but after that it tops out. You and i are both well below that mark. So i think the choice between say 12 vs 18 dollars an hour seems pretty obvious to me and most people i know irl...
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