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People raising 5 kids on gov support in Switzerland getting CHF 6500 a month for unemployment. Playing video games all day, smoking weed and nothing to return b
by systemvoltage 6y ago
People raising 5 kids on gov support in Switzerland getting CHF 6500 a month for unemployment. Playing video games all day, smoking weed and nothing to return back to the society.
I’ve stayed in one of these low income housing communities in the outskirts of Zurich. These were Italian immigrants that had trouble finding a job. The wife couldn’t speak German and had no education. Decided to fuck it and go along with raising kids anyways.
If this is not lifestyle, I don’t know what is.
- crumbshot 6y agoRaising kids is a significant contribution to society. Though sadly, as your comment demonstrates, it's a form of labour that is very often undervalued.
- systemvoltage 6y agoYou’re not wrong. I wonder what their future would be if the society squanders their productivity. Switzerland would turn into Somalia eventually.
- crumbshot 6y agoI'm not really sure what you mean by the comparison to Somalia? Seems like a very different situation, as Somalia is still recovering from civil war and genocide, and due to this, much of the economic support for its people is being provided by Somali diaspora around the world who send funds back home. Productivity potentially being squandered is the least of their problems really.