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You didn't answer my question though. Let's say I live out of rent from my mid-30s. In the first case, it's because my rich father died and I inherited; in th
by lultimouomo 6y ago
You didn't answer my question though.
Let's say I live out of rent from my mid-30s.
In the first case, it's because my rich father died and I inherited; in the second case, it's because I worked 10 years as a highly successful professional, which allowed me to buy the property.
Am I a parasite in the first case? Am I a parasite in the second?
Variant: am I a parasite if instead of having inherited / buying property, I inherited / bought a large amount of stock in index funds and I live off market returns?
- enriquto 6y agoDoing some non-productive things in your life does not mean at all that you are a parasite. But if, at the end of your life, your contribution has been grossly negative, then I guess that you have been. Listen, I don't even think that being a small-scale parasite is a morally horrendous thing. If you are happy, that's OK, you are not really hurting anybody. I'm just very sad that all of our cities are teeming with large-scale ones!
- kyuudou 6y agoYou still need consumables in that example that you probably don't produce unless somehow you inherited a farm and the labor and management required to maintain it. By spending money on clean water, food, electric and whatever else you might value, you contribute to humanity in that sense, IMO.