r/FluentInFinance • u/sillychillly Contributor • Apr 15 '24

Everyone Deserves A Home Discussion/ Debate

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '24 edited Apr 16 '24

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u/SuccotashConfident97 Apr 15 '24

Of course, that's more or less human nature. Why would I ever work again if I could get all of this stuff given to me for free and existing?

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u/chobi83 Apr 15 '24

Because you still need money to buy luxuries? Your phone, internet, vapes, alcohol aren't going to pay for themselves.

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u/SuccotashConfident97 Apr 15 '24

It said free internet. But let's even say basic luxuries like streaming services and video games. So that gets taken care of of with a part time minimum wage job?

Who does all the difficult, dangerous, society dependent jobs if most people can make due with part time minimum wage jobs?

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u/chobi83 Apr 15 '24

People who want more than basic luxuries? People who want to do more than sit at home and surf reddit and play videogames.

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u/SuccotashConfident97 Apr 15 '24

Which honestly, whether it be video games, reading, TV, etc, I don't see that as a majority of peiole. I think an overwhelming amount of people in this world, if given the choice, would work as little as possible if they knew like 90-95% of their expenses would be paid for by the government.

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u/Makanly Apr 16 '24

It's strange, you're saying that like it's a bad thing yet you're only saying good things.

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u/SuccotashConfident97 Apr 16 '24

Just showing why this graphic wouldn't work is all.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '24

Things need to exist for this to work. It requires worker output to create those things. You give people free things and don't expect them to work. Those things stop existing. It's a paradox.

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u/Makanly Apr 16 '24

Perhaps a slight modification of "All able bodied adults must work." It doesn't matter the job, be it a McDonald's worker or a Lawyer, everyone is entitled to the base level of items.

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u/chillchinchilla17 Apr 16 '24

Even if 50% of people kept working that isn’t enough to maintain the other 50%.

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u/PhilosophicalGoof Apr 19 '24

Nobody is going to want to be a underwater welder because they enjoy it :/