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Believe it or not people don’t actually like being a burden. People like feeling like their lives and actions are worth something.
by solarmist 3y ago
Believe it or not people don’t actually like being a burden. People like feeling like their lives and actions are worth something.
- pha392 3y agoBelieve it or not, there is people out there that consider that almost a human right
- refurb 3y agoYou're extrapolating your own experience to the entire population. I can assure you there are people out there who are happy to be burden. I know several.
- mcv 3y agoThe big question is: do you want to cripple your society in order to avoid supporting those people?
- refurb 3y agoI don’t think those are the only two options.
- mcv 3y agoMaybe not, but it's a surprisingly popular option. Policy-makers are often so afraid that someone undeserving might be helped by a policy that they'd rather hurt deserving people or spend more money to weed out the undeserving people that it would cost to just help them.