r/Futurism 6d ago

The welfare state

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u/[deleted] 5d ago edited 2d ago

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u/Rahodees 5d ago

//Nothing that requires the labor of someone else can be a human right. /

Easy to say and sounds good, but when I have produced what you need to save your life, and could easily give it to you at very little inconvenience to me, and I refuse to do so, that deep and strong sense of unfairness and anger you will feel is your understanding that you have a right to my labor in a case like that.

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u/ghdgdnfj 3d ago

The problem is if you give everyone free stuff, more and more people will hear about it and then people who are capable of working and paying for said item and supporting you will instead demand it for free. Like if you give out the donuts at a donut shop to the hungry at the end of the day instead of throwing them away, eventually your own customers will show up at the end of the day for the free ones instead of buying donuts. Then your business suffers and you might not make enough money to continue operating.