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Living in Norway taught me that faceless charity embitters and dissatisfies most recipients. Far from considering how to better themselves, too many internaliz
by ehvatum 12y ago
Living in Norway taught me that faceless charity embitters and dissatisfies most recipients. Far from considering how to better themselves, too many internalize their implied uselessness, while blindly groping for someone or something to blame. An obvious path to self worth is then to view oneself as intelligent for taking from the hard working sheeple too dumb or deluded to win.
Charity to help someone achieve their goals is very different from payouts for having no aspirations or abilities.
- icebraining 12y agoLiving in Norway taught me that faceless charity embitters and dissatisfies most recipients. Far from considering how to better themselves, too many internalize their implied uselessness, while blindly groping for someone or something to blame. What if that's the result of being charity (to those in need)? Right now, there's a divide which separates the "useful" - who get a salary - from the "useless" - who get a pension -, which leads to those feelings of alienation and self-deprecation. But does anyone feel useless because they didn't have to work for the sunlight they get, or the air they breath? I'm not affirming anything, but it'd interesting to know if the problem you identified would disappear if everyone got those resources, instead of just those "in need".