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This seems to me like a disguised return of slave work.

In my value system, forcing people to do unfulfilling work to be able to feed themselves is nowhere near a positive.

Paying people to stay at home is not ideal, but it's the least terrible, just like democracy is the least terrible form of government we've experienced yet. And, with an education system that works, it contributes to solving the problem over generations.

Plus, I don't see what the problem is with people not working, as long as society can support it. I'd rather support poor unemployed people than nearly anything else governments spend their cash on these days.



You either don't know what slavery is, or you didn't read what I wrote. No one is owned by anyone else. No one is forced to work.

I'd rather support poor unemployed people and get new public works than simply support poor unemployed people.


It may not be slavery but it sounds rather like a reinvention of the workhouse.




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