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  1. "Work hard and take responsibility for yourself" is something you tell someone building a new skill or trying something new. It's not something you tell the millions of people who can't make ends meet @prageru/1331772912827711489
    1. …in reply to @__MoBlack
      And let's say, hypothetically, giving people shelter, healthcare, food, and an education made them "addicted" to "free money". How is that bad? Like what are the material consequences of this "addiction"? Can you name a society that is/was worse off because of it? Data?
      1. …in reply to @__MoBlack
        What they're actually saying is: "If you give people free college and healthcare they'll ask for more free stuff because they'll realize is arbitrary, unnecessary, and engineered by capitalism" Which is true. I just happen to think that's a good thing is all
        1. …in reply to @__MoBlack
          *poverty is