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> 50 years from now, I think it will seem ridiculous that we used fear of not being able to eat as a way to motivate people. Is this really a problem in Wester
by DominikR 11y ago
> 50 years from now, I think it will seem ridiculous that we used fear of not being able to eat as a way to motivate people.
Is this really a problem in Western societies? I haven't heard of famines or people starving to death here.
I believe that most people work for social status, so they can keep up with the people surrounding them.
> I also think that it’s impossible to truly have equality of opportunity without some version of guaranteed income.
Is this a good way to recruit researchers? After all you wouldn't want the researchers just to produce a paper that reinforces what you believe already.
- melbourne_mat 11y ago"Is this really a problem in Western societies?" All the people you know are not starving. There are however many folks - even in rich countries - who would not eat without the help of charity programs. Many of them are living on the streets.
- DominikR 11y agoObjectively no one has to fear starving to death as in our societies we collectively make sure that this is not possible. It doesn't matter how exactly this is organised, but it is a fact that we do. This can also be proven by the fact that there are exactly 0 cases of people starving to death here.