Re:Homelessness is about housing
by imtringued on Saturday August 07, 2021 @07:43AM
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I always wonder about one of the greatest contradictions in economic liberalism.
Employers complain about lazy workers.
Citizens complain about drug addicts.
Poor people can't manage their finances.
The contradiction lies in the belief that all people act rationally but as soon as someone behaves in a way you do not agree with they are automatically assumed to act irrationally.
Lazy workers are irrational but nobody stops and wonders if there is a rational reason for them to be lazy.
Drug addicts are irrational but nobody stops and wonders if there is a rational reason for them to take drugs.
Poor people are irrational but nobody stops and wonders if there is a rational reason why they can't manage their finances.
Really, what has happened is that rationality has been redefined to be subjective success and irrationality the failure to achieve subjective success. In other words, we did a simple language trick to praise the winners for winning and blame the losers for losing.
Employers complain about lazy workers. Citizens complain about drug addicts. Poor people can't manage their finances.
The contradiction lies in the belief that all people act rationally but as soon as someone behaves in a way you do not agree with they are automatically assumed to act irrationally.
Lazy workers are irrational but nobody stops and wonders if there is a rational reason for them to be lazy.
Drug addicts are irrational but nobody stops and wonders if there is a rational reason for them to take drugs.
Poor people are irrational but nobody stops and wonders if there is a rational reason why they can't manage their finances.
Really, what has happened is that rationality has been redefined to be subjective success and irrationality the failure to achieve subjective success. In other words, we did a simple language trick to praise the winners for winning and blame the losers for losing.