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The reason is that our governments are giant, corrupt pieces of shit and people in power will not let people live a good life without 'contributing'. When a rob
by muninn_ 10y ago
The reason is that our governments are giant, corrupt pieces of shit and people in power will not let people live a good life without 'contributing'. When a robot takes my job, I just don't have a job and then fuck me. That's the reality.
- dasil003 10y agoIt's not just the government that thinks that. This belief is deeply ingrained in a lot of cultures, particularly American culture. The first psychological leap is much larger than the necessary societal changes.
- ydt 10y agoI totally agree. Capitalism should be the means for generating enough wealth for everyone to eventually no longer have to spend their lives toiling away. Unfortunately, it's been perverted (especially in the U.S.) into a religion of sorts. It's treated as a moral framework, an end rather that a means to an end. We no longer pursue capitalism in order to achieve goals, capitalism has become the goal. Wealth is seen as an indicator of righteousness and life success and lack of wealth must be due to personal shortcomings. Nothing sums this up more in the U.S., in my opinion, than the surge in popularity of the prosperity gospel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosperity_theology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosperity_theology