The kneejerk reactionary take is to tell them that nothing is free and all the food and housing and electricity they need costs other people.
And that is fair…
But those reactionaries never ask “how much work is enough to pay of the debt my existence incurs on society”?
The actual amount of work we need to make society function, if we efficently allocated resources and only required people to work essential jobs, I’m confident they would pay it off before 40, some probably even before 30 years old.
Imagine that, a society where you retire at 30 if you work your ass off. Maybe a more honest society would even see people willingly contribute to society in retirement again just because they like being part of their community and like their society. My Grandma was one of those people, but I don’t see them anymore and I can’t blame them.
It’s a crime how much of people’s lives this current system wastes due to inefficiency and corruption. It’s wasted most of my adult life so far, and it feels like there’s no hope of ever retiring now.
The kneejerk reactionary take is to tell them that nothing is free and all the food and housing and electricity they need costs other people.
And that is fair…
But those reactionaries never ask “how much work is enough to pay of the debt my existence incurs on society”?
The actual amount of work we need to make society function, if we efficently allocated resources and only required people to work essential jobs, I’m confident they would pay it off before 40, some probably even before 30 years old.
Imagine that, a society where you retire at 30 if you work your ass off. Maybe a more honest society would even see people willingly contribute to society in retirement again just because they like being part of their community and like their society. My Grandma was one of those people, but I don’t see them anymore and I can’t blame them.
It’s a crime how much of people’s lives this current system wastes due to inefficiency and corruption. It’s wasted most of my adult life so far, and it feels like there’s no hope of ever retiring now.