It's so simple, yet so hard for people to grasp! - eviltoast
  • jabakobob@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    The sad thing is that even if you don’t give a shit about other people, it would still be beneficial to make sure everyone is taken care of.

    Imagine if we didn’t have to worry about people stealing our bikes or breaking into our basement because everyone had enough money to not have to steal stuff.

    Or if we didn’t have to worry about our kids getting a good enough job because even if they follow their passion their jobs would still pay enough to have a good life.

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    1 year ago

    Isn’t it weird how policies that help the poor are treated like a zero sum game (“anything they get is less for the rest of society”) but policies that help the rich are treated as good for everyone (“a rising tide lifts all boats”).

    • Martineski@lemmy.fmhy.mlOPM
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      1 year ago

      That’s capitalism for you where rich have significant control over media and people are uneducated enough to realise those problems. And people that know about the issues mostly don’t do anything bacause people don’t have energy and time to organise and push for the better future because everyone is fucking overworked from trying to literally just live.