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r/unpopularopinion•
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The world is slowly going downhill

Some may think we have less violence, more opportunity, better education, more equal rights, more technology, better medicine, ...

All this does exist, in some form, for some people. But unless you were born into a financially privileged family, you don't get to see much of it.

Income inequality is a serious problem that's growing. The wealth being generated is going directly to the top tiers of society, and that's not being shared. The middle class is disappearing, and while there is an abundance of opportunity, education, technology and medicine... those privileges are becoming available to fewer and fewer people.

While there is a lot of great stuff we have today in society that previous generations didn't have, if there isn't a significant radical change to the way society runs itself and distributes is resources, things are going to come crashing down hard.

Has anyone read that NASA-backed study that determined that civilization is heading straight towards an inevitable collapse? We are following the exact same patterns that caused all the past great civilizations to fall, mostly a concentration of resources to the elite crust of society, and a fabricated scarcity to everyone else.

I hope to see a future where money doesn't exist. People pursue work strictly for the purpose of bettering themselves or society as a whole. (How many people out there are working jobs that they hate, jobs that don't actually benefit anyone, but they continue to do them just so they get a piece of paper with a number on it so they can be allowed to continue their life in this economic system)

Or people would be able to pursue leisure or hobbies as they see fit, without being judged by others for being 'lazy' just because they have different goals of what living a good life means.

But the issue is, can we get there from where we are now without tearing ourselves apart? I fear we can't. We're too entrenched in this capitalistic economic system where we would rather let our neighbors starve to death instead of feeding them because that wouldn't be profitable for us.

I feel we need a basic income right NOW. It could cost no more than what we're spending on welfare right now, but the resources would actually go to those that need it. It would raise the floor of society, basically eliminate poverty over night. Most importantly, it would detach your income from what you do with your life, and people could pursue work that actually meant something for them.

Posted Apr 29, 2020, 7:01 PM UTC

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privForReddit1•

I somewhat like working. I like getting paid for it especially. I will work harder so I can get promotions or raises. I will invest money in other people’s companies, because I think I may get more money for it.

If you take away money, I dont know why I would work. Why would I work, if I get paid the same amount to simply stay home and do nothing? Why would I work those extra hours that my coworkers dont in order to make myself look better for my boss?

Maybe you are arguing that we have more than enough food and resources for everyone to survive on. I agree. But when you take away money, there is little incentive to create new products, or go to work so that I can be proud that I created value for society(and no, simply allowing me to work, without paying me large amounts of money does not make me think I created value for society, it makes me think I am being used.)

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---Yes---OP•

It works for and in your case, but the reality is, it doesn't work for the vast majority of the world population. Around 1.85 billion people, or 36% of the world's population, live in extreme poverty. Nearly half the population in developing countries lives on less than $1.25 a day. Just imagine that man. I've seen videos where they beat women and force children into working over hours with no breaks and they pay them close to nothing. Something needs to change.

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privForReddit1•

Okay? What makes you think those countries will willingly join your coalition? The common citizens might want to, but their leaders almost certainly wont. The US has tried to give aid to poor countries before. It hasnt turned out to help them in the long run in many cases. This is due to corrupt government and shitty oversight on the parts of leaders.

And If you think that making a coalition of countries would somehow help to threaten them with military force, you are just wrong. The US military is most of the world’s projectable military force. The addition from European and asian countries is minimal.

So now youve got a coalition of rich countries that are rich, but have a workforce which will become increasingly unwilling to work.

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---Yes---OP•

The US raiding random countries for oil isn't in aid to anyone. They even financed Al Qaeda and gave them guns. Sorry to let you know this, but your own goverment was responsible for 9/11. It was all a controlled demolition. Put 2 and 2 together. There was 2 planes but 3 buildings collapsed totally in sync. The same way they do when they get rid of a bulding with controlled demolitions. Also the us military doesn't stand a chance againts the chinise.

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privForReddit1•

I sincerely hope that you forgot a /s at the end.

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ThrowMeAway666x•

All of this... yes

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Corpuscle•

It could cost no more than what we're spending on welfare right now

Great. Let's spend less on welfare then.

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Tachtra•

Finally, some with the same opinion

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Boris740•

It is called (social) entropy and there is nothing that you can do about it.

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Bobby-Vinson•

The castle is located in Bavaria, near the town of Fussen. It was built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria, also known as the “Fairytale King”. ... While Neuschwanstein’s look is that of a medieval castle, it was equipped inside with state of the art technology at that time. For example on every floor of the castle there were toilets with automatic flushing system, as well as an air heating system for the whole castle.

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memes_from_China•

This isn't an unpopular opinion

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Deeeeeeeenis•

It depends greatly on where you live

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AbortDatFetus•

Some may think we have less violence, more opportunity, better education, more equal rights, more technology, better medicine

All this does exist, in some form, for some people. But unless you were born into a financially privileged family, you don't get to see much of it.

OK, let's address these things one by one.

"Less violence" - yes there is less violence and this applies to everyone, especially poor people. Violence in poor communities is more common so a reduction in overall violence is more beneficial to the poor than to the rich (who already didn't have much violence in their communities).

"More opportunity" - this is pretty vague, just vague enough to mean whatever you want it to mean. Unless you provide more detail there's not much to talk about.

"Better education" - we have more technology for learning than ever before. We have more scholarships available to the underprivileged than ever before. Once again, this improvement has disproportionately benefitted the poor compared to the rich, who already had access to these things.

"more equal rights" - social equality has undoubtedly improved for everyone in recent years. It was less than a decade ago when gay marriage was legalized in America, for example. I don't think this is reserved only for the rich at all.

"more technology" - this is the easiest one, even homeless people have smart phones these days

"better medicine" - we do have access to better medicine no matter who you are, it's just expensive. A poor person who needs surgery today is still better off than someone with the same medical condition back in the 50s when medicine was far more primitive.

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