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I don't make a lot of money, but I make enough to feel rather comfortable. If I were told "we're going to give away free money to people without homes and jobs, but you don't get any because you already have both," I'd be cool with that.
If I were told "we're going to increase your taxes, but the return on that would be knowing that no one would ever have to worry about affording medicine instead of food again. No one will ever need to beg for money again and income will no longer be coupled to social status," I'd be fucking stoked.
I'm one of the lucky few who loves their job and would do it for free if I could afford to, but I'd love to see people be able to abandon their horrible work environments to pursue societal contributions that mean something to them.
Well, see, here’s the thing: you’re a decent person. Too few people are.
I don't even think that it's so much a lack of decency in most people, so much as the capitalist society we live in that falsely promotes the idea that it's a zero sum game and that inherently drives people into a crab mentality.