RE: Meritocracy
July 30, 2019 at 9:38 am
(This post was last modified: July 30, 2019 at 9:40 am by vulcanlogician.)
(July 30, 2019 at 9:11 am)BryanS Wrote: These welfare benefits do not in any way confer a high quality of life--I could not imagine living that way--so I'm not making an argument that these people are just "too lazy" to work.
A great majority of people want to work but can't. Do you think they should swallow their pride and work at Arby's? I'd rater give 20% of my income just to ensure they don't have to work at Arby's. Like you, I've never been on welfare. But I don't see welfare recipients as "freeloaders."
You have to look at the big picture. The Arby's corporation itself is the real freeloader.
"But they make so much work is done," you may object. "They generate wealth." So what? What does Arby's do that is more important than what a welfare mother does? Sell shitty roast beef sandwiches? So what? I've known welfare recipients that put Arby's to shame if you consider love and compassion more valuable than shitty roast beef.
But we don't live in a country that values love and compassion. We live in a country that values shitty roast beef. Yee ha! Let's pass these values on to our children.
