So strange how many people resist someone telling them that they deserve more, particularly given that the money is from taxes that they themselves paid. People have been brainwashed to expect - even to want, in some perverse way - less rather than more from their government.

Sep 29, 2020 · 2:24 AM UTC

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What do you mean? You may join the Education Welfare Club if you vow to pay the club back with your future earning, or if you work as a teacher or campus staff.
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It is because it lacks a way to force the richer to relinquish wealth to be redistributed? This is the only difference so far isn't it?
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If we agree on the premise that the Welfare club is benevolent, then it accepts volunteer helpers promoting public good (for all). The more volunteers there are, the lower the dues would be for people to join. So, the only way it would fail is if it does not have enough...
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Politics is the substitute of rebellions and assassinations. Fighting for survival was allowed in the sense that no one could actually ban it (since the desperate has nothing to lose). There is no shame to act for survival. Politics just make that more civil.
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If you let go of such differences, you can either expose logical flaws (the opponent's view cannot handle a situation under its principles) or you confirm that there is nothing to resolve but a difference in opinion. Which brings back to "see you at the battlefield/ballot".
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What do you mean? Dictionaries simply list multiple definitions.
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Because I left out all the intermediate things that society are already doing: welfare, affordable housing, vouchers, public ownership of unity companies, etc...
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For this argument, you would have to assume that the person receiving aid would not choose to budget part of their aid to the program of your choice. Robin Hood: "This bag of money is for you, but I am going to spend most of it on programs I think is best for you."
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More technically I would call it humanitarian redistribution of excess possession. The necessary conditions are: 1. Someone can't survive due to lack of support to no fault of their own. 2. Someone has excess resources that could help (1) but refuse to relinquish such resource.
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A necessary condition is unwillingless of representation. So in a more civil society, when a child (regardless of age), say they don't want to be a dependent of their biological parents, the child is allowed to be independent or switch to a different legal guardian.
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