Should I just become a spook?

Burning out of an internationally-oriented social science PhD (I’m being vague intentionally, but essentially it’s involved learning a foreign language and extended field research abroad). I don’t know if I’ll be able to finish without completely changing my project, and I don’t think my supervisor will sign off on that after 5 years.

The only real jobs open to me seem to be government work in HUMINT or NGO bullshit. I have moral and political qualms about both but living in a 3rd world “socialist” state for 3 years has beaten the last bit of political idealism out of me, and I’m considering just fully selling out.

I’m kind of looking for people to talk me out of this, but I’m 31 and have no real work experience and this feels like my last opportunity for a life where I can afford rent and use the few skills I’ve acquired over a decade in academia.