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[–] Gpennyhigh@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

We could choose to work on the ego control, tribalism and start using healthy policies, look at things that help the common good like infrastructure and schools that we pay for with taxes, then include healthcare and paid leave as common goods that reduce poverty and most importantly improves lives. Less stress from artificial scarcity. These healthy policies help improve life satisfaction, less stress and improve productivity, and spread the risk and cost the most, and use proven results in other places and states that expanded Medicare people did better.

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Okay, this is going to get me down voted to oblivion but when I think "basic needs" I think prison (without the lockup and slavery).

You should have a place to sleep, three meals a day, heat in winter, a/c in summer. Access to education to better yourself, medical/dental and basic employment and a minimum level of clothing.

Everything else is on you.

Braces for incoming hate

[–] WiredBrain@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 hours ago

I may have some bad news for you about conditions inside many prisons...

[–] Oppopity@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It'd be nice if they just disagreed but instead they hate you for reasons made up by those who enjoy get richer off of people not having their needs met.

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[–] Dettweiler42@lemmy.dbzer0.com 118 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I bet they would be nicer individuals if they didn't have to worry about having their basic needs met

[–] ExtraJudgement@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

They might be nicer, but they won't change their political views. Voters in Germany generally have their basic needs met (thanks to Art. 1 GG). Around 80% of them are still explicitly supporting right-wing political parties on the federal level, whose policies will leave most Germans poorer than they were before.

The unfortunate reality is that a lot of people - even when they don't want to say it - have an underlying belief in a hierarchy of "betters" and "others" that they want to uphold. And sadly, no amount of education has proven suitable to fix that.

[–] TheShamMirrors@lemmy.today 49 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

I want to believe. Deep down I'm scared that some people's nastiness comes from having too many of their needs met too quickly. And it deprives them of ever developing any empathy for others whose needs are not met.

[–] Zgierwoj@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 1 day ago (4 children)

It's just about the basic needs here. Its actively damaging to develop without those being met. And even if it does make a few more assholes, this is still the point - here are some stupid assholes that deserve to be given the guarantee of survival

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[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Conservatives are so hateful, I've actually heard them try to use as a gotcha "what if someone you hate is transgender, would you still affirm their gender identity?"

Yes. Why wouldn't I? Even people I hate get to identify as whatever gender they want. Why is that such a hard thing for them to wrap their heads around?

[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 3 points 22 hours ago

They're so filled with hate, it doesn't even occur to them that other people might not be. It's just projection all the way for them.

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[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] decolo@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

*Offer does not apply to anyone who committed war crimes or billionaires

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

They can still have all that confined to a building they'll spend the rest of their lives in.

[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It does actually. That's the radical part, it has to.

[–] MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Probably best to leave this discussion for after they are removed from power. After all, it's easy to give in to desire of retribution when one is powerless.

[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 4 points 16 hours ago

Certainly. Universal care doesn't mean acquiescence.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not if they stand in the way of liberation. Revolution is never bloodless.

[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

My friend, universal care is the revolution. The revolution is continuous, it is something that must be forever performed and upkept. A bloody struggle is just one possible step toward the revolution.

[–] A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I think we should give individuals the option to opt out of social services. They need to be allowed to make mistakes or else they will never learn

[–] Plumrooster@sopuli.xyz 1 points 17 hours ago

I'd say most people get cross when they are not allowed to make their own mistakes, so something like that would make sense.

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[–] KulunkelBoom@lemmus.org 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

We will fight for their right to be stupid... goddammit.

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