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[–] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (30 children)

Well, yeah.

If you can't work, fine. If you won't work, that's different.

[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 15 points 9 months ago (29 children)

Why? Why should we all have to work just to survive? Productivity is so immensely high with computers and machines that work is not a requirement for life or society like it once was. A smaller percentage of the population can work than before for the same overall output.

Work should improve your life. You put something in, you get something out (pay). Now you can go and improve your life somehow by buying goods and/or services. But needing to work just for the bare basics of food and shelter is ridiculous in the modern age. We're a rich country, we should be able to afford to feed and home our population with ease and yet constantly in political discourse there's talk of benefits "scroungers" "stealing" money they "don't deserve", usually for pitifully small amounts of money as well.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org -5 points 9 months ago (19 children)

Why should we all have to work just to survive

where do you think your food comes from? Who build the room you sleep in?

with that being said, our labour is severely abused by the owner class as we barely get enough out of it to pay the bills.

[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You're missing the forest for the trees. Read the first paragraph again

P.S. my food generally comes from my garden...

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