[A4ET8a8uTh0]

We all wish for an ideal future and, heavens know, it is a good thing that I am not an emperor for a day as a lot would change. Personally, and I mean it in a nice way, I am not obligated to build you a home. I am not even obligated to do it for my kid. Frankly, neither is the society as a whole.

You want your elders build you a home for you. No deal. Best I can do is help you along by pulling you away from your cell and saving your attention span a little.

[silverquiet]

I've always sort of felt that the whole "society is little removed from anarchy and no one owes anyone anything" is not all that far removed from "I can hit you on the head with a hammer and take your stuff if I feel like it".

[s1artibartfast]

Re: the hammer

Many people (myself included) think this is the true nature and shape of the world. There are lots of layers, institutions, and policy built on top, but what matters is ultimately who holds the hammer and what do they want.

This isn't as cynical as it might sound. Most people ultimately hold some real-world power, and have organized into systems that help them get what they want. Anger a human enough and they will withhold work, anger them more and they will resort to violence. This is the basis of all society.

[whimsicalism]

> Personally, and I mean it in a nice way, I am not obligated to build you a home. I am not even obligated to do it for my kid. Frankly, neither is the society as a whole.

I'll happily pay many multiples of what homes used to cost - just make it legal to build homes.

Let us do the things we want without having to cut through a thicket of laws intended to help and protect us. We don't want them.

Please, we've had more than enough of y'all's help.

[s1artibartfast]

I love your attitude. I hope you know that there are tons of people in older generations who also agree with removing nanny regulations.