• Aljernon@lemmy.today
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    4 days ago

    Some people feel like if you can’t provide society with your labor, you should still be fed, clothed, and housed.

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      IMO, people who don’t work, still contribute to society: raising family, being friends with people, creating art, and so on.

      Things that aren’t easily measured by the dollar bill, but key to a good civilization.

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        3 days ago

        And arguably more important to the prevalence of human civilization. Otherwise, places like South Korea wouldn’t be so worried about their shut-in youth population and declining birthrates while being currently at the top of the world’s tech industry.

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      I think essentially everybody agrees, the debate is where to put the lines for “can’t” and “needs”