Is there anywhere in the world someone can just live for free?

Re:Is there anywhere in the world someone can just live for ... by lotsofpulp on Saturday November 04, 2023 @09:53AM (#38140998)

Taxes, home, healthcare, food, vehicle (or transportation), education, retirement savings. A portion of this might be discretionary, and it is very subjective, but I doubt you are getting anywhere near $100 per month in “necessary” consumer goods in the US.

Healthcare alone will blow through that, and not sure where you will draw the line on necessary and unnecessary for that.

People at some point in their lives might be spending a majority of their money on unnecessary items, but eventually, it will catch up to them (and potentially be made up by government subsidies).

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Re:Is there anywhere in the world someone can just live for ... by keiferski on Saturday November 04, 2023 @09:59AM (#38141046)

Then make it a thousand dollars a month. $12,000 a year is still way below anything most people consider a normal modern income.

Again; you’re missing the bigger point entirely and fixating on specific numbers that I threw out as a quick example.

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Re:Is there anywhere in the world someone can just live for ... by lotsofpulp on Saturday November 04, 2023 @10:04AM (#38141079)

Sure, and you are willing to forego the services of any healthcare professional? Because most people consider being able to go to the emergency room as “normal”.

My point was to dispute this overly simplistic assertion:

>but with the nature of marketing and social pressure, almost no one is willing to make that kind of sacrifice today.

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Re:Is there anywhere in the world someone can just live for ... by keiferski on Saturday November 04, 2023 @10:12AM (#38141170)

Again, I thought it was obvious that I was talking about consumer goods, as the sentence before that one was about consumer goods. Why would marketing have anything to do with healthcare?

You’re trying very hard to completely miss the broader point and are instead nitpicking something that I didn’t even claim. This is entirely a waste of time.

It’s also why discussion culture has gotten so terrible on the internet, because instead of making obvious assumptions about my intent, people insist on critiquing little irrelevant pieces of it.

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Re:Is there anywhere in the world someone can just live for ... by bigfudge on Saturday November 04, 2023 @11:21AM (#38141855)

I don’t think this is nitpicking I actually disagree with you. I think it’s an empirical question how much money could be saved by disavowing only the frivolous consumer items that you’re talking about. My hunch is, it’s less than you think.

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Re:Is there anywhere in the world someone can just live for ... by qup on Saturday November 04, 2023 @01:12PM (#38142987)

poor people go to the emergency room and just never pay the bill. it barely even matters on your credit these days.

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