It’s hard to argue with the assertion that owning assets tops having a job, assuming the income provided by one or the other is in the same range and covers your wants and needs.
That may sound far-fetched, but if you focus on acquiring income-producing assets rather than depreciating assets (which are essentially liabilities), it can and will happen eventually.
If you own stocks, and the stocks produce a dividend, which is a share of the profit from the company, then the stocks are producing income passively for you.