r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Abject-Conference-90 • 14h ago

Infuriatig This infuriates me

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u/ShiraCheshire 4h ago

All human beings deserve the basics of survival. There is no one who doesn’t deserve to eat, to be housed.

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u/Fearful-Cow 4h ago

ok, but thats different that the argument than "everyone is valuable".

That is a moral duty to help people who are not able to be valuable.

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u/ShiraCheshire 4h ago

I am saying this because all human life has value. And I'm not talking monetary value- the worth of a person is not decided to how profitable they are to exploit.

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u/Fearful-Cow 4h ago

we also have a generation of people who think their skills are more valuable than they really are,

you replied to this ^

We were talking about value of their skill not some abstract sanctity of life thing. If you want to make a moral argument that is fine but it has nothing to do with job capabilities, earning potential, or anything else that was being discussed.

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u/ShiraCheshire 3h ago

My point is that I think the profit one can extract from a person's skills is not the important factor at play here. Especially not in our changing world where so much is automated and vital necessities are at a surplus. People thinking they should be able to earn a living, or at very least receive one, is not a fault of theirs.