Re:Why are we still working this hard?
by quantified on Thursday November 12, 2026 @12:16AM
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It is absolutely true unless you are a forger.
Of course you can inherit money, find it on the street, have a rich friend who just gives you money. But unless you have a well and a farm, or rely on handouts, you need money to get water and food. And energy. The power company cuts you off if you don't pay the bill.
You say you work. Do you not get paid? The mechanism by which you get paid is all by people, and someone definitely authorizes your being paid (and ceasing the payment when they are not satisfied with your work).
Feel free to describe how you conjure up money without people being involved. (Forgery is valid as a workaround).
Re:Why are we still working this hard?
by origini on Thursday November 12, 2026 @03:44AM
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Social systems? I know i might talk to an US American, but most countries on the planet have one, besides US America.
But even US American get foodstamps right? Not all of them have to live in their cars?
I work and do something very specific, a lot of people around me do not need what I do.
I need water, food, energy, I don't know anyone personally who is providing this for me.
Then we have A LOT of people in our society (no critisism here) who get food, housing energy etc. without satisfying anyone.
What i want to say: 1. in a highly automated society there is a real disconnect between you getting something and you doing something for it.