• mojo_raisin@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Our society already produces far more than we need, it’s just sucked up by the owner class. If we removed the owner class and their hoarding, we could all work less and still have more than enough to provide for those unwilling or unable to completely provide for themselves.

    I personally would be happy to do a bit of work to help ensure people aren’t starving or freezing to death because they’re going through a depressive episode or even if they’re just “lazy fucks”. Pretty sure every one I’d consider a friend thinks the same.

    You know, it’s people with an attitude like yours, unwilling to help out without direct benefit, who I consider lazy, not the person with low ambition.

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      6 months ago

      I’m more than happy to contribute to benefit the group. I don’t consider enabling freeloaders to be a benefit. If I want to feed someone that sits around not doing anything all day I’ll get a cat.

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        6 months ago

        Good thing people like me exist that will not only feed the “freeloaders”, but take care of you too when you break your leg.

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          6 months ago

          A broken leg is a temporary condition. As soon as it’s mended I would be back at it (if not before, I also have computer skills that would not be inhibited by a broken leg). Laziness is a personality issue and they will not overcome it if they just have everything they need handed to them.

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            6 months ago

            I say ambition, drive, greed, etc are personality issues that cause harm to others and the environment.

            While I’m sure there are a few individuals that would rather sit and die than go get some food, this is not something to actually be concerned with. You watch too much right wing TV telling you there’s a whole class of people that just want to take from you, but what’s actually happening is that this group is being stolen from and what you see as laziness is often just an unwillingness to facilitate being stolen from.

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              6 months ago

              Without ambition and drive people would still be living in caves. You think someone’s going to learn science or medicine without ambition or drive?

              I haven’t watched any significant amount of TV in 12 years let alone news channels. I don’t need some jabbering moron with an agenda to tell me how I should feel about things I can observe with my own eyes. I wasn’t even initially talking about people receiving government assistance, I was talking about my coworkers I’ve had at various jobs. It’s always a situation where the few are carrying the many and whatever their reason for being lazy, the outcome is more work and problems and stress for their fellow workers. It’s selfish as fuck. I’m not exactly the pinnacle of mental health myself but I power through it when necessary so I don’t create problems for others.