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It is not slavery. That is a silly exaggeration. People who have more should pay more so those who barely scrape by (and are looking after the next generation
by worik 5y ago
It is not slavery. That is a silly exaggeration.
People who have more should pay more so those who barely scrape by (and are looking after the next generation - this is a family) can survive and thrive.
That is not slavery.
I am a little bemused to be writing this.
- tomohawk 5y agoSo, it is OK to take money and other goods from people who have it and bestow it on other people who don't? If you're so concerned, then take the money out of your own pocket and use it to alleviate this problem. Dipping into someone else's pocket because you feel bad is not good behavior. It's theft. And, its involuntary servitude because the person you are taking this money from worked for it. Do you think they worked for it to benefit you? To benefit this person you are so concerned about? No. To the extent you are forcing them to work for your whims, to the direct benefit of someone else, to that extent they are made a slave.
- worik 5y ago> So, it is OK to take money and other goods from people who have it and bestow it on other people who don't? Yes
- eweise 5y agoIts just business. Companies pass losses onto other customers. Who do you think pays the medical bills for all those can't pay? Who pays for the public transportation, certainly not the riders. I would love to only pay for stuff I benefit from but I'm not naive. World doesn't work that way.
- gruez 5y ago> It is not slavery. That is a silly exaggeration. I blame the gradual watering down of the word "slavery" from "actual slavery" to "any economic arrangement that is unfair".