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How about those people go teach their local kids about science? Or volunteer to take care of the homeless or the elderly? That seems like it would benefit socie
by odbol_ 10y ago
How about those people go teach their local kids about science? Or volunteer to take care of the homeless or the elderly? That seems like it would benefit society much more than talking to a few bored people in a checkout line.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoExcept they won't, because nobody will pay for that. It's easy to find an alternative occupation - it's much more difficult to propose one that's reachable when you consider the starting point and economic reality (living costs money; retraining costs money; people low on the ladder usually don't have cash to burn).
- odbol_ 10y agoWell, right now the U.S. has spent about $4 TRILLION on bombing countries in the Middle East... Maybe we could use some of that money for a better purpose. The world has enough money to do these things, it's just a question of priorities and replacing greed with compassion.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoRight. The money is there. But the economy is structured around money being spent only when you absolutely have to - so it doesn't reach those nice things while there are more directly profitable things like bombing the shit out of Middle East...