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4. "utopian" might be better than "naive"

Sat Feb 27, 2021, 09:45 AM

Feb 2021

if the poor's needs are met by mere work, what motivation do they have to become rich??

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I've been told before that I am naive, but [View all] Ohiogal Feb 2021 OP

We can but hope Maeve Feb 2021 #1

To hope is not to be naive Martin Eden Feb 2021 #2

Not naive Duncanpup Feb 2021 #3

"utopian" might be better than "naive" rampartc Feb 2021 #4

So say the villains of Charles Dickens. hunter Feb 2021 #5

Dickens had an uncanny sense of the oppressors of the poor. BarbD Feb 2021 #12

The working poor are the antithesis of the idle rich randr Feb 2021 #6

That's simply the way it should be. paleotn Feb 2021 #7

Many are one paycheck ahead of living on the street. lpbk2713 Feb 2021 #8

I'd take it a step further. No one should be poor, working or not. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2021 #9

Exactly right. Elessar Zappa Feb 2021 #13

Universal Standard Income rickyhall Feb 2021 #10

I found the article on that Shermann Feb 2021 #15

Kick and recommend. bronxiteforever Feb 2021 #14

most work I do is unpaid. I'll always be poor. Kaleva Feb 2021 #16

In a society of such unimaginable wealth, it's not such a big ask, IMO. BobTheSubgenius Feb 2021 #17