I am on the precipice of one and don't want that to turn me into a disengaged normies, lib, or chud. I know that a local DSA chapter was financially backed by a person of incredible means, so I wonder what keeps such people left wing or at least SocDem.
depends if you have the experience and confidence to get another comparable job. A lot of people are too timid about stuff like that and end up (sometimes rightly sometimes wrongly) feeling that their choice is between destitution and doing a shitty harmful job. Many would still take the leap, but many would be pained by that decision, especially if there was any ambiguity about how harmful the job was.