No, I didn't even pick up on that. I thought he was arguing against universal basic income on the basis that people just getting money without doing bullshit jobs to get that money would lead to the downfall of society. I don't agree with that. Obesity and loneliness exist, but I don't think it's because we're just not struggling enough.

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One’s drudgery is another’s purpose. One must imagine Sysophus happy.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

I think you're mistaken about that. Man needs purpose. Work is a necessary component of a man's well being. If basic income becomes reality I suspect the opioid crisis will just get worse.

The fact that man is cognizant that he will die one day causes him to seek greater meaning, i.e. religion. As our society grows more secular it isn't necessarily becoming more rational. Instead of having faith in crap like a church people are turning their faith toward crap like intersectionality.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Whether one believes in science, religion or some amalgam, salaried positions didn't exist for a long time. I think humanity made it through.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Man didn't sit on a couch waiting for his government check to arrive.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

We could become altruists. We won't, but we could.

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I don't remember half the time if I'm hiding or I'm lost

This seems relevant. I don't agree with all of it, but it's an interesting take.

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/andrew-sullivan-americas-new-religions.html

It would be nice if the suggested basic income could be tied to some sort of activity. Not as a punishment but as a enhancement for that person as well as society. Let people chase things they truly joy but until now really can't make a living doing it. The proverbial dream job utilizing the basket weaving in classic civilization degree for instance.

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We had 100 percent employment when the job was killing Germans or Japanese. It would be interesting to see what we could accomplish if we had similar commitment to something else. A Manhattan Project to cure cancer. A national effort to end homelessness or something like that.

I've also thought that everyone not going to college should be required to join the military or do two years of some sort of internal Peace Core type activity. College students could do something similar upon graduation.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

Instead, everyone contributed and benefited equally. Your worst nightmare. Hell, my worst nightmare too. I'd be tormented if I couldn't see guys like Darko in the rear view.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

This may be a generational thing but I don't think we view work as a purpose of life like you guys may have. It's just something you have to do.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I don't think a "view" has anything to do with it. Human nature doesn't change. People are exactly the same as they always have been. The idea that man is always progressing is preposterous. And if you have a vast number of people who receive money and have to seek out some other purpose, you're going to see a society in absolute collapse. I don't know what the answer is, but the time to address the problem is probably right now before Jeff Bezos owns all the robots and has all the money.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

it was an effort but you fell short.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

The concept of working until you die is a fairly recent phenomenon. Retirement back then was having enough kids to get to be adults and do the work for you though.

I also don't think jobs will disappear as a concept. They just won't be so mind numbingly boring as many are.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

For a good percentage of the population a mind numbingly boring job might be the only one they could be effective at. What to do with people who are told you are needed. Here is something so you can eat.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

This sounds awfully red of you.

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This is essentially lifted right out of the AA Big Book. There's nothing new under the sun.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Drink up that shitty Kirkland vodka because advertising has convinced you it's the same as Grey Goose!

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Sounds like advertising has convinced you it's not

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I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

I'm a believer in needing a purpose and it should be work or work like. When my kids were little they were a lot of work. When my youngest started school I obviously had a lot of free time. It only took about 2-3 years but I got tired of having little purpose. I was probably a little depressed and sort of irritated with the lack of direction. I really enjoy my little job and I'm looking ahead on what's next. I might go back to school and get a different degree. I could also see why it would be easy to fall into drug use and booze when there is nothing to do. Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do. I also see it in people that I know that have retired. After a few years of doing what they want they look for projects, part time jobs, volunteer stuff etc.

I don't think a society comprised primarily of flâneurs is going to be very successful. A few of us are okay.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

She's a 26 year old single woman with no children working a dead end job in "journalism".

This woman is peak post modern feminism. She will die alone surrounded by cats. Probably has like five abortions in her medical file.

She drinks to kill that feeling deep down that she is already over the hill as a partner for any man of worth and she missed her calling to raise a family.

She represents the evolutionary dead end of being a THOT.

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