A mocha pot? But then I’d still have to buy coffee beans, which are a luxury, right? Not buying a mocha pot means you don’t have to buy coffee either, thus saving even more money.

And that could go for all luxuries, to the point that life is just working to be able to work.

And none of this would be necessary if wages were higher overall, and there was a good social safety net.

Tell government to tax the rich, instead of telling people to forego their pleasures.

I’m slowly building up Jellyfin to replace it.

I think the choice bit in the OP is key. Having someone swoop in to impose structure, no. Having someone help you create structure, yes, and that seems to be what OP is saying.

I wonder if his takeaway was that her life was not worth living, and this is an extension of that mindset.

It’s also very often used as an argument against rehabilitation in prisons:

If free will exists, then crime is a choice. If you choose crime, you are a bad person, and punishment is the only way forward.

If you commit the crime again, it’s because the punishment didn’t work, and/or because the person is simply bad, so a longer punishment is needed, and infinitum.

It’s also used to justify the death penalty, which would not make any sense in a deterministic universe.