We joke about it but that’s really exactly how they feel, even if they would phrase it differently
Right so if you look at the feel good story from that perspective - if a whole bunch of people teamed up to help out just one person, they must be deserving of that help right? The group has in a sense vetted them
But if we set up a system that functions the same way for anyone, it’s basically relying on a self assessment whether or not you’re deserving of the help. So the first thing that pops into their heads is how people will just abuse the system
Idk how to really resolve this perceived problem. I can say “who cares if someone on food assistance buys doritos” and they can say “I do I’m very upset by that actually. It ruins my whole day”. That’s if we can agree on reality at all. I literally spoke with a guy yesterday who said he doesn’t support assistance whatsoever because another guy told him he’s Definitely Sure™️ that people are using workarounds to spend it on lottery tickets
Yeah. Only a system built entirely of scams where nothing gets done except as sude effect or unexploited byproduct of exploitation can we be sure im not being cheated.
Nicely put. I’d argue more than scoff, people tend to downright fight any such system, ironically even people that could directly benefit from such systems.
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Yea, but what if someone undeserving gets help too? Or god forbid a brown person?
/s if that wasn’t obvious
We joke about it but that’s really exactly how they feel, even if they would phrase it differently
Right so if you look at the feel good story from that perspective - if a whole bunch of people teamed up to help out just one person, they must be deserving of that help right? The group has in a sense vetted them
But if we set up a system that functions the same way for anyone, it’s basically relying on a self assessment whether or not you’re deserving of the help. So the first thing that pops into their heads is how people will just abuse the system
Idk how to really resolve this perceived problem. I can say “who cares if someone on food assistance buys doritos” and they can say “I do I’m very upset by that actually. It ruins my whole day”. That’s if we can agree on reality at all. I literally spoke with a guy yesterday who said he doesn’t support assistance whatsoever because another guy told him he’s Definitely Sure™️ that people are using workarounds to spend it on lottery tickets
Yeah. Only a system built entirely of scams where nothing gets done except as sude effect or unexploited byproduct of exploitation can we be sure im not being cheated.
Nicely put. I’d argue more than scoff, people tend to downright fight any such system, ironically even people that could directly benefit from such systems.