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Feb 24, 2009 20:18

why stop at public health care? why not provide for everyone's basic needs?

public food
public shelter

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null_known February 25 2009, 01:50:30 UTC
why not? I'm for it.

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tanechigai February 25 2009, 02:10:33 UTC
Government cheese is pretty delicious.

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digaazthehated February 25 2009, 03:18:03 UTC
It's either too think, or too runny.

They need to perfect the cheesyfulness.

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kinabain February 25 2009, 04:25:32 UTC
Because all or nothing rarely works...

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btoblake February 25 2009, 04:51:52 UTC
Cost, preference, freedom, and personal space.

Most people do not want to live with the type of housing and food that their community might be able to provide for free, much less have to share it with many other people. Even were we to go back to the poorhouses, which could fund themselves via forced labor, conditions are often unpleasant enough for residents to great effort to move.

As I'm thinking about this, I'm starting to wonder if personal space, which always seemed like an optional luxury to me, is actually a sensible safety guideline. Shared bunking space comes with risks of theft, sometimes followed by risks of violence. (For instance, if my wedding ring was removed, I might respond somewhat intemperately.)

Of course, I think choosing to live in groups of friends, family, ect is another thing altogether. Self chosen communities of most shapes and sizes tend to do well without government poking at them.

Free food does not carry nearly as many problems, which is one of the reason's it's so common.

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sad1225 February 25 2009, 12:59:39 UTC
More importantly, why isn't the government providing for my sexual needs?

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sad1225 February 25 2009, 16:17:15 UTC
I demand a real woman. What kind of cruel, heartless, sick society would claim that sexual intercourse with a robot is a reasonable substitute for the real thing.

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