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Before we start burning witches, I think it's "fair" (yeah, the same word used in the title) to not only decide on fairness based on outcome but also on reasons
by loxs 7y ago
Before we start burning witches, I think it's "fair" (yeah, the same word used in the title) to not only decide on fairness based on outcome but also on reasons.
What percentage of being poor is your own doing or 'not doing'?
What life choices do you make? Do you smoke/drink/do drugs, are you obese, are you physically active?
These things affect both how long you live and also how rich you are at the time of your death.
Yeah, I know it's a spiral and it's hard to break out (been there).
Still, nobody will do it instead of every individual, no matter how "social" the government is.
- Retra 7y agoWhen I went to middle school, we went to an old, collapsing building that was falling apart. Students (including myself) acted terribly. The very next year, we went to a brand new school. Suddenly everybody acted in a much more civilized manner. Have you never been influenced by your environment? Or are you just not seeing how it influences you?
- loxs 7y agoYeah, I also grew up in post-communist Bulgaria.
- koolba 7y agoThere’s a name for this: “Broken windows theory” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_windows_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_windows_theory
- Proven 7y agoWhat that has to do with fairness? It's up to the parents to take care of that (or not). What kind of age-of-death gap would be "fair"? And what's the point of living longer if you can't afford the medical expenses or simply have no savings to retire on?