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Just waiting on an answer to the inquiry

Any day now


They should be paid American wages

What were these old people doing that they couldn't set up a sustainable system?

Sounds lazy to me


op had kids before the Nazis started taking over, but police were still performing routine executions, America had invaded several countries to execute their leadership, we live in a capitalist society...

Your views are inconsistent


> Your views are inconsistent

All people hold inconsistent views. We are squishy meatbags.

That said, is this an example of that? Instead of declaring it so, try posing a question like "what is different about this time?" to a member of the majority you believe are holding 'inconsistent views'. You might learn that your prior assumptions were reductive, for example.


Cool where do I sign to opt out?

Much to do about nothing

Thomas Jefferson treated humans as objects.

You and I commit sins, too. Should everything we've ever said be disregarded?

If you are sharing opinions, you can't possibly believe that. If you expect people to listen to and weigh your comments, we should consider his as well. Especially since they were part of building a great, adaptable system that we are benefiting from now.


Do you also not wash your laundry?

Gross



Like food and shelter?

I would add healthcare to that. But I wouldn’t add things like the typical transportation costs like those in the study that are derived from consumer surveys. And from my personal anecdotal experience, the food costs mentioned seem high, so they might be more consumerist than you let on.

You lose productivity doing 996 anyways so how can you maximize past that?

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