Dofi, i never said those were the only two options. Chasidim are not unsuccessful in the world, and yserb agrees that the litvishe are “ok” in his view, he also agrees that MO has serious problems, but says that they’re better off than chasidim
So i asked a pointed question to ascertain where his values are – if he had a choice between being what he thinks a chossid is, or an average MO person, which would he choose?
I’m personally litvishe and i have a job, but that’s not the issue at hand here.