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The disruption that people experience due to sudden price changes certainly has a negative affect on them, but this is simply the reality of demand for these re

The disruption that people experience due to sudden price changes certainly has a negative affect on them, but this is simply the reality of demand for these resources. It would be nice if the government or private industry could insure people against this kind of disruption, but I don't see it happening soon. In the meantime, people are constantly affected by all sorts of circumstances out of their control. Unless you don't believe in the free market at all, I don't see how the case of renters is any different.

fred_durst 12y ago
So you don't think that people will become less motivated to work if they know that at any time the rug can be pulled out beneath them?
- QuantumChaos 12y ago
  I don't follow your logic. The more you work, the more you get paid and the less affected you will be by this sort of thing, so I would assume this sort of risk motivated people to work harder.
  - fred_durst 12y ago
    Wow, just wow.
    - QuantumChaos 12y ago
      You challenged my point not by saying that "pulling the rug from under people" was unethical, but that it would remove people's motivation. When I directly answer why it wouldn't, you act as if I was supposed to be explaining addressing the ethics, and that my answer betrays me as callous and uncaring. But you didn't make the argument that society should avoid "pulling the rug from under people" for its own sake, regardless of its affect on motivation to work. So I didn't address that point. I did, however, explain precisely the ethics of my viewpoint in my original post, you just chose not to address this, and took the easy way out by focusing on a technical issue (the effect on people's motivation to work) and then pretending I had failed to address a moral issue that you raised.
  - McDoku 12y ago
    That circumstance is contextual. If (E)ffort includes [ social skills, network, seed resources, correct strategy, training, health (physical + mental), support structure, opportunity] then hardwork +1 It is a conditional system of reward. The equation is not equal for everyone. Edit* Just found and article on the subject randomly http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2014/08/07/335285098/rich-kid-poor-kid-for-30-years-baltimore-study-tracked-who-gets-ahead http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2014/08/07/335285098/rich-kid-po...

fred_durst 12y ago

So you don't think that people will become less motivated to work if they know that at any time the rug can be pulled out beneath them?

QuantumChaos 12y ago
I don't follow your logic. The more you work, the more you get paid and the less affected you will be by this sort of thing, so I would assume this sort of risk motivated people to work harder.
- fred_durst 12y ago
  Wow, just wow.
  - QuantumChaos 12y ago
    You challenged my point not by saying that "pulling the rug from under people" was unethical, but that it would remove people's motivation. When I directly answer why it wouldn't, you act as if I was supposed to be explaining addressing the ethics, and that my answer betrays me as callous and uncaring. But you didn't make the argument that society should avoid "pulling the rug from under people" for its own sake, regardless of its affect on motivation to work. So I didn't address that point. I did, however, explain precisely the ethics of my viewpoint in my original post, you just chose not to address this, and took the easy way out by focusing on a technical issue (the effect on people's motivation to work) and then pretending I had failed to address a moral issue that you raised.
- McDoku 12y ago
  That circumstance is contextual. If (E)ffort includes [ social skills, network, seed resources, correct strategy, training, health (physical + mental), support structure, opportunity] then hardwork +1 It is a conditional system of reward. The equation is not equal for everyone. Edit* Just found and article on the subject randomly http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2014/08/07/335285098/rich-kid-poor-kid-for-30-years-baltimore-study-tracked-who-gets-ahead http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2014/08/07/335285098/rich-kid-po...