I don't think one can be "lazy" and achieve good results from investments. Passive income isn't easy to come by, it doesn't just happen, and $5 in passive income is never going to work out well, so effort needs to be made to make sure that financial freedom is possible.
Another thing, many don't even understand the numbers involved to allow a person to say, I have financial freedom, they're not small in a costly place to live like Australia is. I think you'd understand more if I was to talk about my own scenario and figures, but I'm not going to do that on the internet.
So yeah, passive income is awesome, but it doesn't come for free and with no effort or risk.
Oh yes, I always consider it the final goal of a path, you need to work for it like building a house stone by stone, but when you are done you can rest
Of course it's not easy and not everyone who tries can make it, otherwise everyone would be settled and fine... Yeah I get you, here you would need at least 1000€ month of income, that if you own your house and live alone and just to eat and bills, no extras (and 1000$ month of passive income is already a lot)
Yep, and here that wouldn't even touch the sides.