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Some of us are interested in providing every human being with dignity and comfort, if at all possible.
by gue5t 11y ago
Some of us are interested in providing every human being with dignity and comfort, if at all possible.
- beambot 11y agoYes. Parent is asking what (exactly) is required to provide "dignity and comfort" for the bottom-most rung on the "lifestyle ladder." For example, if our modern standard of living is compared to medieval times... then many minimum wage workers live in relative dignity and comfort. But I'm guessing you're not using that as the basis for comparison. So please elaborate. :) [I would try to define a base level for "dignity and comfort", but frankly, I can't even fathom living on minimum wage -- esp. here in Silicon Valley. But I would appreciate perspective from someone with a bit more grounding.]
- diminoten 11y agoOthers of us are more interested in providing opportunity, rather than inherent comfort, in the form of achievement.
- Alupis 11y ago> Some of us are interested in providing every human being with dignity and comfort, if at all possible. Providing? Or Enabling? How about you empower every human being to achieve dignity and comfort? Education and high-skilled job training. The solution isn't to just "provide", it's to empower. Providing is a short term solution... one that must be re-visited every few years. Empowering people to build themselves a future lasts forever.
- Dylan16807 11y agoProviding dignity is enabling. And we could provide it long-term to everyone if we wanted.
- Alupis 11y ago> Providing dignity is enabling. And we could provide it long-term to everyone if we wanted. We have 77 years of history proving raising minimum wage is absurdly ineffective at enabling individuals to climb out of minimum wage jobs. Yes, one can indefinitely raise minimum wage every few years (as we have been since 1938), but that doesn't provide long term growth for the individuals trying to live on it. Providing better and cheaper/easier access to higher education and high-skilled job training has proven time and time again to be the only permanent solution which lifts individuals out of minimum wage jobs.
- Dylan16807 11y agoPeople should have a place to call home and not starve whether they have a good job, a minimum wage job, or no job at all. Education and training are a great way to help people move up, but we need a ground floor too, rather than a basement full of jagged rebar.
- bluthru 11y ago>How about you empower every human being to achieve dignity and comfort? Education and high-skilled job training. Not until we have worker bots to do all of the menial tasks that are essential for civil living.
- anigbrowl 11y agoEducation and high-skilled job training. That's not free, though. Even if you subsidize all the tuitition, there are study materials, the opportunity cost of attending classes, and possibly physical costs in getting to/from them and so on. Small costs like this add up to significant sums for people who earn small amounts.
- drcross 11y agoGet a grip.
- defen 11y agoSome of us believe that providing everyone with comfort leads to a weak and decadent society, and is therefore self-defeating.
- RIMR 11y agoDo you believe that? If so, why?
- Domenic_S 11y agoThen let's take that $15/hour and send it to Haiti or Nepal, or boycott Dell and Apple until their factory workers don't have to live in cells attached to manufacturing plants. I realize I'm being a little snarky, but seriously, give the gift of dignity and comfort for basically pocket change here: https://watsi.org https://watsi.org