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0 pointskevincennis8y ago0 comments

"Forced" doesn't seem like exactly the right word.

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It seems pretty fitting to me. Work or don't eat. Technically you could decide to starve of course, but it's at the very least coercive.

goalieca8y ago

I wouldn't go to work if I didn't have to. It can feel like prison some days. Forced is the right word.

recursive8y ago

Why can't everything just be free? Life is so unfair.

pc868y ago

Even the US has plenty of support programs that you can survive without a job.

mantas8y ago

You can bum around and live off welfare. Quite a few people have pulled that off and seem to enjoy it.

jackhack8y ago

Enough so that in Hawaii, for instance, they are providing airline tickets to those who will volunteer to leave the island (and its welfare system) and go be a burden on the mainland, instead.

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