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by pizzafeelsright 12 days ago
I know my neighbors very well due to my personality. There are 20-40 year old adults who live with their parents for various reasons. The foolish "children" are those who order door dash at 3am with no income or education. They are unable to 'launch' from their parent's orbit. i feel terrible for these people. As mentioned, I know them well and they do not have an excuse other than laziness and permission. The rule 'those who do not work do not eat' is something all people can agree with but few enforce.

The right way to raise your child is so that they can thrive without you while wanting their children (your grandchildren) to spend time with you. This is a tall order because it requires decades of sacrifice, pain, and difficult yet positive decisions.
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inigyou 12 days ago
> The rule 'those who do not work do not eat' is something all people can agree

Um, no?

Thanks for suggesting a possible left/right political litmus test though.

We shouldn't have to waste too many resources on "useless people" but I think starving them to death is a bit excessive. We don't have a shortage of food. They're more likely to need mental health services or spiritual guidance to help them not be useless - which they can pay back in taxes if the transformation succeeds.

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fragmede 12 days ago
Some people do think money grows on trees and don't want to work. Maybe there's a way to spiritually guide them otherwise, but I'm not exactly excited to pay my taxes to support them. There are both rich and poor people that think that way, mind you, the rich ones just chose richer parents to be born to. Some people will never change their mind about it. Is society expected to support them forever and never see any return?
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inigyou 12 days ago
We do it with Elon Musk, why can't we do it with Bobby McBumface?
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pizzafeelsright 12 days ago
The choosing was intentional. Both Marx and Christians both use the quote. Hungry people will work as history has shown.
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inigyou 11 days ago
This is selection bias. Hungry people either work or don't work. If we use a system that kills the people who don't work, the remaining ones are seen to be working.
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