War on the bums! | Forum

You know, it’s not like I’m this cold hearted guy who doesn’t care about people. I do, but only for people who deserve it. The guy I’m talking about in this post is perfectly able bodied (not on disability), he just refuses to work. This guy hasn’t held a job longer than a few days. Plus, he’s stolen from me in the past, but I forgave him. Too bad for him, I’m not a pushover any more. Some times you just have to let people burn.

Your money is your money,  you do with it whatever you want,  if you want to give it to God and His angels,  or if you want to give it to the Devil and His demons,  or if you want to give it to the rich or the poor . Do whatever you want with your money,  if you want to save it of spend it,  if you're a worshiper of Mammon or if you are a greedy person,  everything is your own will , you  are not a kid  that someone will take your candy,  like the churches rip the money off their members. Someone said in the Christian Holy Bible:"Those who don't work, don't let them eat", but as I said before,  it's your own will with the things which are yours. 

Fact is, there’s way too many people dependent on the government in the U.S. because entry level wages pay less than government benefits. Now that those people are getting cut off, they’re grasping at any straw they can to keep their indolence going. We all just need to stand firm and force them to become productive members of society. That’s my stance. Don’t feed the bums!

Easy to say, but a bit more difficult when children are involved. 

If someone isn't disabled and they are a legal to work a real job and pay taxes,  then I 100% agree with you. 

Capitalistic models are largely anachronistic levers of motivation. Upwards mobility is dead for most people. 

This whole idea that you can get rich, and richer, simply by working hard, is no longer a thing. Regardless of what politicians (most of who live both in a bubble and in a different century) parrot about 'we need to get people back to work' and other echoes from the Reagan-Thatcher era, this is no longer resonating with many people. Many Americans already work more than one job, while the money they are being payed in is being devalued in proportion to the goods they need (they have less purchasing power). Meanwhile, in an economy that devalues currency, and encourages spending, the wealthy get wealthier, not because they have more cash but because their wealth lies in assets (such as stock, real estate, etc) which increase in value when currency increases in supply relative to the supply of goods (ie, currency loses its value). I agree that it is more honest to work than depend on benefits if one is able to do so, but I also think this is kind of a minor issue compared to the economic issues you Yanks are facing, such as inflation, lack of access to healthcare, and minimum wages that are not indexed to the cost of living.

America has become a third-world country, mainly because many of its citizens get hardons for billionaires who look at them as nothing more than labor capital to exploit and thusly vote for politicians who's campaigns are backed by such billionaires.

Also, when you make posts like these, it looks kind of lame to me. Okay, OP, I have read many of your posts and I get you don't like people living off benefits. Like, I hear you already. And yeah, some people do try to game the system. But that isn't the case with everyone who depends on benefits. I also wonder why you are so fixated on such people when there are others who are clearly fucking you over worse. I say while assuming you are not a billionaire (lol). 

I’ve found that the only person that’s really screwed me over in this society is myself. I think that’s with the case for anyone.

I think that's incredibly naive, but you think what you want. 

I can get cutting off people who profit from you, though. But if someone has helped you out in the past, and they ask you for a favor when they need it, this isn't profiting from you. No person is an island, as hard of a pill as it may be to swallow. I don't know the circumstances of how it is between you and this friend, so make of that what you will.

It sounds like you did a fine job enforcing your boundaries to an ex-friend who saught to guilt trip you for assistance. Yes, friends tend to help each other... voluntarily, without being pressured.