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Ethric_The_Mad t1_izwif5v wrote

Reply to comment by b1ckparadox in Being off work sick or injured linked to higher risk of suicide by BlitzOrion

Not about the money, it's about the freedom of choice. Having the ability to choose if you pay rent or own a home. Being able to choose what you want to eat today. People are killing themselves due to a lack of being able to choose how they live. We are all slaves until we finally choose to not be.

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jabby88 t1_izwuhze wrote

And that choice requires money...

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PoopieButt317 t1_izzfhvj wrote

This article is about research on pwople who are receiving income-replacing disability or workman's comp payments. This is about mental state being tied to sense of self value, communications with others, life style functioning loss due to disability/rehabilitation. I have had to be off for almost 2 years. It is mentally draining.

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Ethric_The_Mad t1_izwv3hc wrote

You can have freedom without money and you can have money without freedom. You can have a choice without money, you can have money without choices too. It's not about the money. Enjoy your slavery.

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hutxhy t1_izwwg67 wrote

Ugh you sound like an ancap

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Ethric_The_Mad t1_izwygt8 wrote

Not really. I'm just more focused on the underlying issue rather than the surface issues people focus on because they are in plain sight. Maybe you'll peel back enough layers to actually see what's going on in time.

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Drewy99 t1_izwummv wrote

Everything you said involves money

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Ethric_The_Mad t1_izwv4hc wrote

Not at all. You're blind.

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bobandgeorge t1_izwzuzx wrote

I'm pretty sure rent, owning a home, and getting food to eat all involves money.

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Ethric_The_Mad t1_izx0fmn wrote

Not at all. You can build a house without any money. You can eat without any money. Why is this so complicated?

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yesyupyee t1_izx2q16 wrote

Where can I find magically free building materials and food without owning land or knowing somebody who owns land (costs money) and is willing to let me use it for free? Please tell me where this magical fictional place exists in a modern capitalistic society.

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Ethric_The_Mad t1_izx5t73 wrote

Thanks for pointing out the problem. I'm not really anti capitalist though.

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yesyupyee t1_izx9mfg wrote

>I'm not really anti capitalist though.

Obviously

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Ethric_The_Mad t1_izxdi08 wrote

Look. My point is, nobody really wants to work because they need to buy things to survive. Sure, lots of people just want to work but they'd do it for free if you let them.

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yesyupyee t1_izxiv8a wrote

How does that give us the realistic option to survive without money, as you say is so simple to do?

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