I bet they would be nicer individuals if they didn't have to worry about having their basic needs met
this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2026
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I want to believe. Deep down I'm scared that some people's nastiness comes from having too many of their needs met too quickly. And it deprives them of ever developing any empathy for others whose needs are not met.
It's just about the basic needs here. Its actively damaging to develop without those being met. And even if it does make a few more assholes, this is still the point - here are some stupid assholes that deserve to be given the guarantee of survival
This is what I don't understand about anybody who disagrees with you. What is the point of the entire concept of society, of civilization, of government, of organizing people into any sort of group if not to raise the basic quality of living? If you don't believe in the concept of a society, then fuck off and stop influencing and benefitting from the very thing that you're trying to dismantle.
Furthermore, not only is it the moral and ethical thing to do to take care of all of us, but it's an investment that pays dividends because healthy and safe people become productive people who will in turn raise a generation of productive people and so on and so forth. So even if you're a ghoul who lacks empathy and only looks at the bottom line, it still just makes sense to feed and educate and clothe and house the people. And even if you're able to easily provide those basics for yourself and your family, that just means more expendable income to juice the economy when you buy the goods and services that you want instead of just spending it on needs.
"Oh no, but then we'd get a ton of immigrants!" Okay? And what, we get a population boom of productive people just in time for boomers to retire and die? And that's supposed to be bad? Kinda seems like an ideal solution.
The only explanation that I can find is that these people are either too dumb to think that far ahead or they're too cruel to want to end suffering for anybody that isn't them. In both cases, I don't know what the solution is, but they're so plentiful that it's hard to imagine a Star Trek utopian society ever coming to fruition. It's hard to have hope for the future with so many bastards insisting that humanity has already peaked and we need to regress to improve.
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They might be nicer, but they won't change their political views. Voters in Germany generally have their basic needs met (thanks to Art. 1 GG). Around 80% of them are still explicitly supporting right-wing political parties on the federal level, whose policies will leave most Germans poorer than they were before.
The unfortunate reality is that a lot of people - even when they don't want to say it - have an underlying belief in a hierarchy of "betters" and "others" that they want to uphold. And sadly, no amount of education has proven suitable to fix that.
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They'd take everything you give them
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They'd insult you for being stupid enough to give shit away for nothing
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they'd fight and steal amongst themselves for whatever they can get from each other
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they'd do everything they can to stop you
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they'd complain and demonize you for stopping.
but MAYBE the kids they have that you're feeding will grow up to be slightly less shitty.
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Okay, this is going to get me down voted to oblivion but when I think "basic needs" I think prison (without the lockup and slavery).
You should have a place to sleep, three meals a day, heat in winter, a/c in summer. Access to education to better yourself, medical/dental and basic employment and a minimum level of clothing.
Everything else is on you.
Braces for incoming hate
I may have some bad news for you about conditions inside many prisons...
We could choose to work on the ego control, tribalism and start using healthy policies, look at things that help the common good like infrastructure and schools that we pay for with taxes, then include healthcare and paid leave as common goods that reduce poverty and most importantly improves lives. Less stress from artificial scarcity. These healthy policies help improve life satisfaction, less stress and improve productivity, and spread the risk and cost the most, and use proven results in other places and states that expanded Medicare people did better.
It'd be nice if they just disagreed but instead they hate you for reasons made up by those who enjoy get richer off of people not having their needs met.
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Conservatives are so hateful, I've actually heard them try to use as a gotcha "what if someone you hate is transgender, would you still affirm their gender identity?"
Yes. Why wouldn't I? Even people I hate get to identify as whatever gender they want. Why is that such a hard thing for them to wrap their heads around?
Yeah, we still use Caitlyn Jenner's preferred name and pronouns in spite of her being a raging Trump supporter. Same with Blaire White.
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They're so filled with hate, it doesn't even occur to them that other people might not be. It's just projection all the way for them.
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*Offer does not apply to anyone who committed war crimes or billionaires
They can still have all that confined to a building they'll spend the rest of their lives in.
It does actually. That's the radical part, it has to.
Probably best to leave this discussion for after they are removed from power. After all, it's easy to give in to desire of retribution when one is powerless.
Certainly. Universal care doesn't mean acquiescence.
Not if they stand in the way of liberation. Revolution is never bloodless.
My friend, universal care is the revolution. The revolution is continuous, it is something that must be forever performed and upkept. A bloody struggle is just one possible step toward the revolution.
I think we should give individuals the option to opt out of social services. They need to be allowed to make mistakes or else they will never learn
If I understand right, this was the original meaning of the term “outlaw”. You don’t abide by the law, but you’re also not protected by it.
Someone stole your TV? Good luck getting it back!
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We will fight for their right to be stupid... goddammit.
It's important to continue to want the best for even those who disagree with us on that matter, lest we become another one of them.
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