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Hopefully at some point in the future we look back at situations like this with a sense of perplexion. I worry though, that if we do roll out some form guarant
by thinkingkong 11y ago
Hopefully at some point in the future we look back at situations like this with a sense of perplexion.
I worry though, that if we do roll out some form guaranteed minimum income, the moral highground of those against welfare and social assistance will be replaced by the moral highground of those who work to supplement their income.
- PavlovsCat 11y agoGreed and taking advantage of people will not lead to the opposite when taken to big enough extremes. It's not the suffering which causes revolts that is the problem, it's the possibility of revolt. Once that is taken care of the suffering can be ignored or even enjoyed, depending whether the person is just a coward or a sadist. When enough people are so disenfranchised that they need "handouts" to survive, I wouldn't be surprised about the decision to simply get rid of those people, then revising history to turn that into the best possible solution for an unfortunate problem nobody was guilty of creating. It'd be just more of what we're doing already.