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I'm responding to a sibling comment: > the private sector has no interest in, such as welfare systems Absolutely false. Children take care of their parents, f
by jquery 12y ago
I'm responding to a sibling comment:
> the private sector has no interest in, such as welfare systems
Absolutely false. Children take care of their parents, families take care of each other, friends offer housing and food to their friends. At best you can argue that the private sector has stepped back to the extent the state has stepped in.
- chipotle_coyote 12y agoEvery phrase you wrote has an implicit conditional in it: > Children may take care of their parents, families may take care of each other, friends might offer housing and food to their friends. At least one theoretical advantage to the state system that rarely gets talked about is that while its assistance also has the same conditionals, at least in principle, the conditionals are dependent on objective criteria. The state of your relationship to friends and family is immaterial; you don't have to accept terms imposed by religious charities or other organizations that will attach moralistic strings.
- baddox 12y agoSure, but a government also only may take care of people as well.