People who speak of starting a business tend to also think like "pending millionaires". That are just waiting for their chance. They identify with the scattered success stories instead of the most likely outcome.
Most CEO types are not founders - they worked up the system from the inside. They buy founders out once the hard work has been successful.
Other options include various anarchist and socialistic varieties to varying degrees, Non-capitalistic systems, and others.
Also, know that things change. Not too long ago a factory job was a mode of slavery. Then unions and reform came and it became a key to a well-of and stable future. Until it wasn't. Advice is often regurgitated wisdom from a past that is no longer relevant.
Free-market economics has been abandoned by both American parties. They are moving into a command-economy mode. Economic uncertainty is inevitable.