How to get ahead if you have a dead end minimum wage job and help bring down the system.

If you're somebody stuck making minimum wage, and you know you're smarter and better than that, you know that job is going no wheres and you're just making money for the employer and government. This would also work if you're just a lazy ass and want to play video games all day, just stop after the first step.

Here's a suggestion.
Go on welfare.

Yes you can many places, for they only require that you be on OR APPLYING for SSI. As long as you keep that process going you can be reaping what the free shit army has managed to get with what was your tax dollars. And that's a lot of free shit, you'll probably be further ahead doing this and doing some odd side jobs to get spending money.

Now with all your free time you can advance yourself you choose. Take some free college with the pell grant (you can probably do this without all the above). Or just learn by yourself from online. Write a book. The author of harry potter did exactly this, though it wasn't here choice to be on welfare. Learn a trade. Try to start a business.

All sorts of things you can do instead of working a shitty dead end job at mcdonalds. But use the system to your advantage.