but we did coz it was there and we had money to spend on other things, like making the truck liveable and saving cash to get to Australia and so on. And yeah, why do we have to work for stuff they throw away?

Thats exactly what its about for me, if I work, I dont want to pay to live. I want to pay for things that will improve the quality of LIFE and not just to keep me alive in a slaves world!