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He listed eight economic entitlements, among them the right to a decent wage, the right to a home, the right to be secure in old age, sickness, disability, and
by krapp 2y ago
He listed eight economic entitlements, among them the right to a decent wage, the right to a home, the right to be secure in old age, sickness, disability, and unemployment, the right to a good education, and yes, the right to health care.
It's unfortunate that throughout the rest of the Western world much of this isn't even controversial, but assert to an American that they deserve such rights and many of them would call you a communist and reach for their revolvers.
- rbanffy 2y agoYes. Absent from the collective consciousness is the idea that when one loses, everyone loses.
- jfengel 2y agoExactly the opposite: for one to win, somebody else must lose. If you win, it probably means that I lose.
- rbanffy 2y agoMust be terrible to live in a society like that.
- jfengel 2y agoSome and some. The dreadful part is that a lot of the people most hurt by it, are the ones who buy into it hardest. There's a saying that in America, there are no poor people, only temporarily embarrassed millionaires. Poor people, instead of working together for a larger share of the profits, will instead fight to ensure that the rich get richer -- in the belief that they will be one of them some day soon.