Now, now...mind the rules, & play nice.
You should be open to seeing that you're
not a victim here.
You just implied that I deserve to die because I'm not profitable. Now you're condescendingly telling me that I'm "not a victim" after you just rationalized my death. That's a monstrous sentiment.
Others aren't forced to give you food for free.
To get it, they want money. After all, they too
need to make a living. No one is giving them
gratis the goods that they sell.
No, no, Revolitngest. They don't "want" money to get food. They
need money to get food. Food is a physiological need for survival. Without it, you die.
You're aware of that, right?
You choose to work to earn the money to buy
what you need & want. This differs from
something like the military draft, which has the
thread of prison if one doesn't submit to servitude.
"Wage slavery" is faux victimhood.
To me, there is very little moral difference between denying a starving person your excess food that you don't need and actively stealing food from them. Either way, your actions are killing them.
It's easy to evade personal responsibility for our choices by saying that we have no obligation to help others who are in need. In my opinion, that's a terrible moral position to hold.
And this isn't me being a victim and complaining about having to work like you want to portray it, either. That's a meta-narrative you're telling yourself to avoid facing how scummy your actual ideology is.
I used to volunteer at homeless shelters. When I had it, I donated my excess time and money in the service of others, because that's the right thing to do. I didn't have much, but it was enough that it could do some good in the world.
I'm currently suffering severe health issues that makes it impossible to keep steady employment. I'm still doing my best to work what little I can. I would gladly spend all of my time doing dangerous and difficult labor for the benefit of other people if I had that option again. This isn't about me being entitled.
This is about a system we live in which directly takes food out of the mouths of people who need it so that the wealthy can buy a 4th mansion or a 3rd private jet that they don't need. Those are the people who own the capital and decide who they're going to give money to.
You're saying that they determine who is valuable enough to earn the right to live, putting price tags on people's lives. That's treating humans as products and a form of coercive labor. We call that slavery.
