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Originally Posted by Bardp1999
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Evreyone on P99 is an independently wealthy professional who works only because they choose to better the world and not because they need money. Many young doctors, lawyers, and navy seals
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Of course it’s about the money, but the spirit of capitalism is about an exchange of goods or services for currency. If the service you provide in your job had no value, people wouldn’t be willing to pay money for it. An employer wouldn’t be willing to waste the time and effort hiring and training the person for it
There is a strong correlation between retirement snd depression. A lot of retirees become depressed because they have lost not only a sense of purpose in their life and the structure that working gave them, but also their identity as well. The most common thing to follow a person’s name when they are introducing themselves is what they do for work. It becomes a part of our identity, even entry level jobs
And no, in these modern times you actually don’t need to work to survive. The government does not want to watch anyone starve to death on the street, so anyone with no income qualifies for food assistance programs, which is is enough free money to feed oneself for the rest of their life if they choose not to work. Shelter would be a big problem but there’s social programs for that too, even shelters you stay at for extended periods of time. Back in the day it was a matter of life and death, you either provided a service you could sell to the public or you starved to death, simple as that. Nowadays it’s better
Like I said, I’d the job didn’t have value the public wouldn’t pay for it and an employer wouldn’t want to waste the resources hiring and training for it. It doesn’t have to be a hot shot doctor or lawyer job to have value. People might forget that it has value but that doesn’t change the fact that it does
05-03-2021, 09:32 PM
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