Every single one of us should be in the business of planting trees whose shade we know we will never enjoy ourselves. That shade is for our kids and our kids' kids. So to me, it's profoundly selfish to suggest anyone doesn't deserve having it easier than we had it with stuff like unconditional basic income and universal healthcare because "ThEy DiDn'T eArN iT."
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Meanwhile the unfairest source of income that people didn't earn - inheritance - is sacrasanct despite being a major driver of inequality and poverty for the many.
@scottsantens
The idea of "I want my kids to have a better life than myself" was crushed by neoliberalism and changed into "freedom is the equivalent of being as egoistic as possible".
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