One thing that bothers me a lot about some people's prognostications is how little they trust other people. Everyone knows how much everyone else is a hard core moocher. But of course, they themselves would never do such a thing.
If everyone says everyone else is a moocher, but they aren't, what is that supposed to mean? Do we really have such little faith in other people that we can't come together to solve problems in the most obvious way?
Universal social security could help all people with financial security. Such a system wouldn't work if everyone decided to quit their jobs and just live off of the pension. But I wouldn't do that. I bet you wouldn't do that. Would so many people do it that it would break the system? Even if the pension was such a small amount of money, you'd be barely scraping by with it? Somehow I don't think that's very likely.
Still, everyone knows everyone else is a terrible person. Just not them.
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