You are viewing a single thread.
View all comments View context
-3 points

It starts with a basic idea like all people should have access to food, clean drinking water, shelter, healthcare, and a basic minimum quality of life. For most people, access to these things are currently granted by working and earning a wage.

No one is entitled to anything. You’re confusing what “would be great” with what reality is.

Again, no matter how much automation there is, you can always build your own thing. You don’t need a job under anyone. You can go start on your own, fail 100 times, and succeed at time 101. I’ve seen tons of people do that, including millionaires.

So while I do not feel entitled to what they produce, finding land and starting a farm would not secure those basic necessities of life and the opportunities to do so decrease daily.

What you call “basic necessities” aren’t really basic. You want to enjoy modern civilization without contributing to it. Find a way to be part of it, or go back to farming and no one will have beef with you. Your health care today is better than the richest elite 100 years ago. Never forget that, and never forget you’re not entitled to any of it.

In short, a person earns less while prices of goods continue to rise. The quality of life of the vast majority of the populace is continually going down.

Because you keep voting for governments that keeps increasing government spending and printing money. You refuse personal responsibility and you think the government should solve all your problems. You can’t have it both ways. Either solve your problems by yourself to have a deflationary economy with less government spending, or make the government spend more and enjoy more inflation. It’s simple math.

All these are problems you’re creating. You’re still free to leave to another country to farm your own land.

permalink
report
parent
reply
2 points

No one is entitled to anything. You’re confusing what “would be great” with what reality is.

They’re entitled if we say they are, just like all the other rights. It would be great, I agree. So let’s work on that.

permalink
report
parent
reply
0 points

How? By coercing them to give up their success? Hell no. I’m not gonna be part of this! If someone gives up something voluntarily, that’s cool. Otherwise I’m against it.

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

Well they should stop voluntarily taking more token value than they’re actually producing if they don’t want to share

permalink
report
parent
reply

Comic Strips

!comicstrips@lemmy.world

Create post

Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.

The rules are simple:

  • The post can be a single image, an image gallery, or a link to a specific comic hosted on another site (the author’s website, for instance).
  • The comic must be a complete story.
  • If it is an external link, it must be to a specific story, not to the root of the site.
  • You may post comics from others or your own.
  • If you are posting a comic of your own, a maximum of one per week is allowed (I know, your comics are great, but this rule helps avoid spam).
  • The comic can be in any language, but if it’s not in English, OP must include an English translation in the post’s ‘body’ field (note: you don’t need to select a specific language when posting a comic).
  • Politeness.
  • Adult content is not allowed. This community aims to be fun for people of all ages.

Web of links

Community stats

  • 11K

    Monthly active users

  • 2.7K

    Posts

  • 54K

    Comments

Community moderators