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Phlem

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3. It's too early.

Reply to yallerdawg (Original post)

Thu Aug 25, 2016, 07:36 AM

Aug 2016

People think it's still honorable to give your life to someone else doing whatever, than working for one's self and being with family.

We're still in the dark ages.

I totally get it and would like nothing more. Then I could be free to do what interests me and excell at that.

You'll get, "That'll make us all lazy". As if we all have so much fucking free time. How many people truly know what's going on in politics? Looking at 20% of the people who actually voted in our state, are the rest too lazy to bother?

Yea....we've got down lazy already.

I wonder how many people will mis-interpret this response?

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A Basic Income Would Upend America’s Work Ethic—and That’s a Good Thing [View all] yallerdawg Aug 2016 OP

But most people don't want to be "given" anything. They want to earn it. tonyt53 Aug 2016 #1

+1 get the red out Aug 2016 #2

It's too early. Phlem Aug 2016 #3

We are conditioned to tie our value and self-worth... yallerdawg Aug 2016 #4

Agreed completely. Phlem Aug 2016 #5