• TommySoda@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    That also assumes that once people have what they need to survive they would give up on the things that they want. I’d love to have things like the necessities taken care of but I wouldn’t expect them to pay for my video games and movie tickets, so I’d need a job to pay for that. Not only that, but I’d be able to work towards a career that I actually want instead of being forced to work a dead end job because I have to be constantly employed or else be homeless. The way the system works now makes it difficult to change careers or go to school later in life because any risk of being unemployed or lapse of time in our income could literally ruin our lives in a matter of weeks.