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> It just seems like a complete "fuck you" to the poor, designed to kick them while they're down and punish them for being poor. Yes, that is exactly the point
by feoren 3y ago
> It just seems like a complete "fuck you" to the poor, designed to kick them while they're down and punish them for being poor.
Yes, that is exactly the point. A huge number of laws exist only to punish people for being poor.
- kelseyfrog 3y agoIf you'll allow a quick gripe, at the social scale, we hold an inconsistent view of work, morals, and economics. 1. Does the economic system allow for full employment. 2. If not, then it stands to reason that among the unemployed, a portion is temporarily unemployed and a portion is chronically unemployed. 3. Is it moral to blame the chronically unemployed for their unemployment if fill employment is unattainable? 4. If full employment is unattainable, and it's immoral to blame the chronically unemployed, then what purpose do unemployment punishments serve? Why make a system where someone is guaranteed to lose, and then punish the loser?
- Viliam1234 3y agoI guess, if the poor don't like that, they need to improve their lobbying. Also, they should eat cake.