Both are better if we look at both situation. Someone who earns from a salary as an employee, it's not bad. You don't have to take risk and just work your task and be present at your office. While owning a business, they say you own it and you hold your time and can do whatever you want. But these people don't know that before you go to that point, you are a 24-hour man for your business and by that means, is you are the one who should be working the most. No actual schedule and working hours. So, if you don't like to work for someone else, start a business. But if you're okay with that and not taking any risk, earning salary as an employee is what is good for you. In the end, in jobs, there is no permanent one nowadays just look at how pandemic changed the mindset of many and with all of the massive layoffs that could happen anytime on any industry.
I think the Major Yardstick between choosing one of the two is actually money or funds. I think if everyone has the pleasure of actually accessing money that start up a business they will easily go for it. In as much as I don’t want to say there wouldn’t be anyone that will love to work under someone, but the number of people that will want to work under someone if they have the means the to set up business will be very low in my opinion. In essence what I am saying is if everyone has the means they will want to set up their own business, it is lack of funding that makes people to work under people because everyone is seriously looking to be calling the shots.
For me this question has been seriously asked multiple times and many always say that the choice is on what everyone wants but I think the choice is seriously on how much everyone has or needs to set up their desired business. A good funded business only needs your 24 hour attention only when it is at early stage and not after getting strong,