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As someone who has enough passive income to live with my parents indefinitely without having to work more than 10 hours a month this view is ignoring the access
by jack_pp 2y ago
As someone who has enough passive income to live with my parents indefinitely without having to work more than 10 hours a month this view is ignoring the access we have to cheap gratification and escapism. If people didn't need to work I suspect a large portion of the population will feel depressed, without a purpose and will waste their life getting whatever convenient pleasure they can afford on that basic income (doom scrolling, Netflix, video games)
- defrost 2y agoWhat's a "large portion" and what's the concrete basis for your suspicion? People are aspirational, my observation of people that have sufficient means to just survive is that a large portion will apply themselves to levelling up in a variety of ways, some in crafts, some in small business, some in music, sports, etc. Of those that do, a number go on to join leaders in their chosen fields. Sure, another portion might also kick back and do little else but doom scroll, but that's on them and at least that's keeping them off the streets, adding to the crime stats, etc.
- jack_pp 2y agoPeople that have sufficient means in the current system had to have discipline and motivation to get in that position and considering how few people are like this then that's where my theory comes from. I'm in a pretty unique position because I've never had a strong drive to work but got lucky and got that passive income without having it as a goal I worked towards. If I had no financial or social pressure I would do little else than play video games all day. Considering how popular social media is I suspect I'm right about most of the population. I mean just look on the streets, in subways etc. most people are addicted to cheap pleasure