[sewell94]

Originally Posted by Purrybonker

Well, maybe my suggestion is that the basic elements of life perhaps shouldn't be buffeted and exposed to financial market conditions.

So many people are obviously around us, we can call them lazy, ignorant, attach whatever label we want - they are clearly unable to compete in a competitive world.

By "compete" I mean that they lack either the brains, the mental stability (eg drug abuse) or the environmental background to enable them to succeed.

We can blame them, label them, call them lazy. Labelling fixes nothing. Calling them down will not reduce the numbers of rent defaulters or homeless lining our streets.

It's fine to have a competitive world, but it should be competitive only on the basis of a fundamentally level playing field. Everyone should have uncompetitive access to the basics. Housing, healthcare, food.

Beyond the basics, compete all you want.

On an actual policy level you have me - I admit to having little in the way of answers.

It seems that we need to have a form of government that addresses inequality in a systemic way, in terms of the basic needs of life. Access to healthcare and housing.

All I'm saying is that, as an investor, if you don't like the environment - get the heck out of it. Your counter-parties are probably worse off than you.

You saw few homeless in Vancouver?

Well, you just didn't go the right places. In East Vancouver the streets are literally lined with thousands of drug addicted homeless.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JySkNS4UceU.

Many of these people "live" in single room "hotels" owned by billionaires that milk these street people of their welfare money. The streets reek of piss and piles of human crap are evident everywhere. Daily drug OD's easily eclipse COVID deaths.

Vancouver is a freak show and a national embarrassment as to how we treat the weakest people in our society.

But I digress I suppose.

You are missing 2 major points,

First, the world is not equal, it will never be equal, you cannot legislate or tax people into making it equal . We are not the same, people will never be the same. The cards humans are dealt when they born are completely different from everyone else. There is no way to make it equal. I believe in equal rights, but actual equality is not possible. I’m a 5’8 (on a short tape measure) Italian male, you do not hear me complaining I’m not in the NBA.

Second, We have a ACCOUNTABILITY problem, no one wants to be accountable for their actions. It is always someone else’s fault. Most of these people are LAZY. F*CKING LAZY!!!!! Why are they lazy, because someone else will take care of them, there is no consequences, there is no reason for them to go do anything. They have no reason to “compete”, why compete when you get the trophy for nothing. People who whine , cuddle, and make excuses for these people are a major part of the problem. It promotes this culture of someone else will take care of it for me, which will be the downfall of our society. There are many options for people who want to get legitimate help.

It is not about competing in society, it is about Contributing.

But I digress I suppose