• BROOT@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    You think 150 million people in this country are just too lazy to make ends meet?

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      1 year ago

      Some of them yes others may not have the intellectual/mental capability or physical issues that prevent it as well. Most people who want and work to get out of poverty will get to the lower middle class which is a better life than 99% of humans have ever had.

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        1 year ago

        That’s not what I asked, nor was it what the person I was responding to implied.

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          1 year ago

          Uh yes it was?

          “You think 150 million people in this country are just too lazy to make ends meet?”

          To which I replied yes with some caveats as your statement is too broad and meant to steer a conversation into a specific direction without addressing other issues that do a disservice to mentally disabled or handicapped people that are perceived as being lazy when they typically are harder working in my experience.

      • Lux@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        1 year ago

        Laziness is the natural way that mammals live. Our ancestors chilled in trees most of the time, but we expect modern humans to work at least 40 hours a week

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        1 year ago

        I think that’s a really sad, cynical way to look at the human condition.

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          1 year ago

          Perhaps while viewed through a limited scope.

          But it’s also the precursor for innovation, and the drive behind automation. Without it we’d still be plowing fields by hand for a significantly smaller yield.