Posted by Horse on July 17, 2016, at 17:35:56
In reply to Re: I agree with SLS » jonhed, posted by Tabitha on July 7, 2016, at 13:59:24
Thank you thank you thank you for articulating this! I've thought this for years, and I feel sad/angry because of the harm this mindset causes. For one, it contributes to the stigma surrounding mental illness as some moral or personality defect.
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> > This is just to give you calmness to don't worry about socialism in america, you're far away from it.
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> I agree with you. I think in America people have the idea that rewards always follow proportionately from hard work, so the idea that people deserve any benefits of society just by virtue of being members of society is disgusting to them. It's amazing how much people here will cling to the idea that wealth is entirely deserved, and lack of wealth is proof someone isn't working hard enough. Or in some circles, lack of wealth is proof that person isn't believing in themselves hard enough.
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> I find it kind of gross, the way people make "hard work" into the highest moral good. Obviously a certain amount of work is necessary for life, buy why has it become a value in itself?
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