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Yes, it would be terrible if people started depending on government for the safety of the air traffic system, the maintenance of clean air and water, or the exi
by alexqgb 11y ago
Yes, it would be terrible if people started depending on government for the safety of the air traffic system, the maintenance of clean air and water, or the existence of a stable and universally accepted currency.
I mean, can you imagine? Just...total horror. If only there was a word to describe this nightmarish dependence on government.
Wait, what's that? There is a word? Oh, right, civilization.
- oldmanjay 11y agoWhich part of being snotty do you think helps sell your point of view?
- rconti 11y agoUnfortunately, your partisan blinders made you read an innocent comment about how to provide a safety net without fostering dependency as an anti-government screed that you had to blast a bunch of liberal talking points to counter. What you could have done was instead read it for what it is.
- alexqgb 11y agoSorry, what? Acknowledgemetns of basic reality are now "liberal talking points"? Um, ok. More the point, negative forms of dependency are fostered by reducing people's options, not increasing them. If you're really worried about dependency (and not, say, maintaining a status quo that features a cheap, easily exploited, and largely disposable labor pool) worry less about making life's basic necessities a reward and more about the kind of society that can develop when basic security is a baseline.