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No doubt, but consider that some people will then become cynical about society in order to become freeloaders. (Rather as in Upton Sinclair's famous quote: 'It
by truculation 8y ago
No doubt, but consider that some people will then become cynical about society in order to become freeloaders.
(Rather as in Upton Sinclair's famous quote: 'It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!')
- StanislavPetrov 8y agoIf history has taught us anything, its that nobody needs a philosophical rationale to become a freeloader.
- truculation 8y agoIt's a reason why some people become social cynics, I think, and this reason is represented in their brains. However they may not be able to articulate it, partly because they need to see themselves (and for others to see them) as good people. Indeed the strategy depends on it.