Welcome to HN and your comments are not in bad faith at all. Some views here are very ‘boolean’ and lack nuance... presented as simplifying complex matters. Bu

Welcome to HN and your comments are not in bad faith at all. Some views here are very ‘boolean’ and lack nuance... presented as simplifying complex matters. But it’s rather a simplistic mode of thinking, which reduces our lives to lives devoid of empathy. This mode of thinking also tends to see ‘working class’ folks who can’t manage their finances as folks who simply lack character. In the words of Rutger Bregman... poverty isn’t a lack of character, it’s a lack of cash (recommended read: his book ‘Utopia for Realists’) And don’t forget, what this pandemic has showed us is that lots of working class folks really are essential workers. Yes, there are some folks who are lazy, but you find that in all sectors. Letting simple algorithms designed by folks with a very ‘boolean’ worldview determine who is worthy of employment (survival) and who is not leads us to world as illustrated in the movie Elysium. I for one appreciate your view. Please continue baptizing ;)