Yserb, have you ever spent time among chasidim? Do you just believe the picture of the new york times? I live near a big chasidishe community. Their kids are nicely dressed. They’re nourished. They have homes and lease nice honda odysseys.
They’re on food stamps because they’re able to use the system to their advantage. I’m happy to support other yidden with my tax dollars; far better than going to fund infanticide and gender affirming “care” for goyim on medicaid.
And it’s not just the expo. I know tons of chasidishe yidden, and they’re all making a livelihood. They hustle, and do things that are unconventional, like Amazon businesses, or drive for frum car services, to name a couple.
And yes, chasidim give more tzedaka, and they don’t waste money on giving to art museums like MO people do. You can see this if you daven in satmar, or if you go to the satmar Rebbe’s kever on a yahrtzeit…tons and tons of collectors from here and eretz yisroel, and they come because they know chasidishe yidden give, and give and give.
And no, the satmar rov wasn’t against kollel entirely, and neither was rabbi yoshe ber, for that matter. The satmar rov at first said it wasn’t the mesorah, but saw the uniquell challenges baalei batim face in America, and eventually said that they should learn for a year or two after marriage before working.
When someone asked the satmar rov why the bobover rebbe allowed his chasidim to become accountants, he said “his accountants will work for my gevirim”
Both are good; some gedolim encourage professions and others business, and most will tell people individually what’s best for them. But almost all gedolim were/are against college for the majority of klal yisroel. But i acknowledge the minority of chashuvim who did, like rav yosef breuer, who said it was important for parnossa only, and was very against YUs ideology.