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Re:A decentralised Universal Basic Income platform based on ... by jnbiche on Monday December 11, 2017 @10:49AM (#15897754)
> Why would there be anything more dignified in an old man washing dishes in a restaurant over an old man just drinking his days away?

I don't know if you've ever seen anyone die of alcoholism, but sadly it's very painful and undignified.

It seems to me that an abstemious old dishwasher would have a much more enjoyable and dignified old age, regardless of any moral judgement about the two.

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Re:A decentralised Universal Basic Income platform based on ... by Frondo on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @01:39AM (#15903467)
Most of the old people in my family are dead or dying of alcohol-related things, and I still don't give a shit if people want to do that over working as a dishwasher well into old age. Forced labor isn't dignified because we're calling it capitalism.
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