There are a lot of people in this world, especially in this part of the world, who have the privilege not to work, and "take time off" and "figure things out" for pretty much as long as they want -- to crash with mom and dad, and, having not racked up terrible credit, use a credit card (maybe mom and dad's) for travel and gourmet eats. Hey, I get it -- I've been there, and still am, in that I don't feel the pressure to lock myself into a more stable professional track, since I know I have something to fall back on if needed. Remarkably, despite having sufficient material comfort, we often still feel emo and angsty. I guess, per ol' Maslow, you just wouldn't think to fret about what you already have -- so onward to agonizing over more lofty matters that are better suited to your pedigree.
But what would happen if all these people, who are increasing in number and getting older in age, were completely and utterly stripped of the possibility of parental and material support: food, shelter, clothing, and all? Would they actually go get up, get out, and get something? Would they stoop to performing menial tasks at minimum wage?
When people bitch about "lazy" people utilizing governmental support, and more recently, when I hear analyses of "thugs" whose "black culture" dictates "riots," I think about all the well-dressed, well-behaved, more-often-that-not white individuals who have no need to seek welfare or go vent their frustration in a public arena because they can quietly hulk on their parents' expensive sofa as unproductive domestic leeches. I mean, I'm just as appalled as anyone that a poor person would loot stores for designer shoes and things (and I'm sure the media magnified these incidents beyond their actual proportions) -- but how about judging that suburban kid who just graduated from high school, has never worked a damn day in his/her life, and has been gifted with a brand new Beemer? What, it's fine for this person to have an obnoxious sense of entitlement to getting nice things without working for them just because his/her parents have worked or inherited money from somewhere?
And then people dare to scapegoat immigrants for stealing our jobs! As if that dick kid with a Beemer would ever think about plucking strawberries or packing meat for a living and then probably get sexually assaulted or some shit in the process and not even be able to report it!
Seriously though. You can't claim to believe in hard work and scorn laziness and free-riding and welfare unless you primarily target those who have the most viable option to work: the perfectly educated and able-bodied but comfortably nonproductive individuals who clog up countless multi-million dollar suburban homes with their high-brow hipster ideals.
But what would happen if all these people, who are increasing in number and getting older in age, were completely and utterly stripped of the possibility of parental and material support: food, shelter, clothing, and all? Would they actually go get up, get out, and get something? Would they stoop to performing menial tasks at minimum wage?
When people bitch about "lazy" people utilizing governmental support, and more recently, when I hear analyses of "thugs" whose "black culture" dictates "riots," I think about all the well-dressed, well-behaved, more-often-that-not white individuals who have no need to seek welfare or go vent their frustration in a public arena because they can quietly hulk on their parents' expensive sofa as unproductive domestic leeches. I mean, I'm just as appalled as anyone that a poor person would loot stores for designer shoes and things (and I'm sure the media magnified these incidents beyond their actual proportions) -- but how about judging that suburban kid who just graduated from high school, has never worked a damn day in his/her life, and has been gifted with a brand new Beemer? What, it's fine for this person to have an obnoxious sense of entitlement to getting nice things without working for them just because his/her parents have worked or inherited money from somewhere?
And then people dare to scapegoat immigrants for stealing our jobs! As if that dick kid with a Beemer would ever think about plucking strawberries or packing meat for a living and then probably get sexually assaulted or some shit in the process and not even be able to report it!
Seriously though. You can't claim to believe in hard work and scorn laziness and free-riding and welfare unless you primarily target those who have the most viable option to work: the perfectly educated and able-bodied but comfortably nonproductive individuals who clog up countless multi-million dollar suburban homes with their high-brow hipster ideals.
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