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DArtagnan
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Look at the distribution of wealth/resources in America, the widespread obsession with it, and there's your answer.
How can we explain people with great resources and wealth who commits suicide?
Great wealth or even wealth might not the basic need. We can create systems of distribution, but it doesn't solve the question on how to best suit human needs.
You actually believe people would be happy being equal? How quaint.
You actually believe people would be happy being equal? How quaint.
Since "equal" is undeniably subjective, "equal treatment" is a phantom. You can't quantify what it is; you can't quantify your ability to deliver it; you can't document that it's been successfully delivered.
Any system that cannot cope with "society in conflict" is doomed to failure. You must accept that people will be unhappy and build your system to accomodate it.
I don't understand this. Clarify, please?Equal is what the force think it's to be
I didn't say that they're better off unhappy. I said that they will be unhappy, so the system (whatever system you're formulating) should accept and account for that fact. Any system that relies on the people being happy, or has across-the-board happiness as a stated goal, will fail.and if you can convince someone that they are better off unhappy, all power to you.
I don't understand this. Clarify, please?
I didn't say that they're better off unhappy. I said that they will be unhappy, so the system (whatever system you're formulating) should accept and account for that fact. Any system that relies on the people being happy, or has across-the-board happiness as a stated goal, will fail.
OK, but groupthink cannot change individual happiness. You'll still have individuals unhappy about their lot in life, even if the hive mind agrees that everything is officially defined as equal. You simply can't get there from here, so any system that has such as a stated goal MUST fail.It basically means you can't reason with a large number of people who simply follow their feelings. Their view on equality is a force regardless whether or not they are right or true.
OK, but groupthink cannot change individual happiness. You'll still have individuals unhappy about their lot in life, even if the hive mind agrees that everything is officially defined as equal. You simply can't get there from here, so any system that has such as a stated goal MUST fail.
These people would most probably still be addicts since people with addiction usually have underlying problems. Nobody usually want to employ people with these problems anyway. Always you hear people declare all problems solved with jobs. Problem is, nobody wants to work with people who cant give a 100%. Hell, even I cannot stand having coworkers reporting sick once a week. It fucks up your workday, you have to fill in while your primary work get neglected. These problems are a huge expence for companies, and secretly they do everything to avoid these weakling hirings. Still they complain and bitch about these people being able to sit home watching tv and play video games.…They dont want to work, they want a check every month from Uncle Sam to buy booze and drugs….and the funny thing is they are still pretty much unhappy!
They dont want to work, they want a check every month from Uncle Sam to buy booze and drugs….
Just make peace with that not all people are fit for work. The litmus test is: this is a person I'd look forward working with. Even I have lots of friends I wouldn't even dream of hiring. Doesn't make them bad or flawed human beings. It just means they simply do not function in a working environment.