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Life is not better in north Korea.
You say facebook but this lingering red scare is an uneducated American thing.
Blepyrus: But who will till the soil?
Praxagora: The slaves.
(Aristophanes - Ecclesiazusae, 390 BC)
Certain work MUST be performed to have a society. If the person isn't getting paid for it, they're doing it at gunpoint.
Thanks for that.
All we are due is Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness (understood to be, "that which is good," when Mr. Jefferson wrote it). These people tone deaf and clueless perhaps, but they do see a real lack of Happiness, i.e., evil, in the world. Work won't fix that by itself. We need a change of perspective to face mortality and embrace the eternal, then we can bring more of the good into our lives and societies.
Oh look, it is an ill-informed comment from the uneducated Facebook user!
Death and slavery for all!
It sounds like you conflated 3 different systems. Communism, Socialism and Social Programs. They are all 3 vastly different things from one another. For example, with the exception of the US, industrial countries all have some form of Social Program for health care. It's not free, as you point out. It is however about 1/2 as expensive as in the US, everyone is covered, and the health care is generally better by most any metric (except the US does have considerably more plastic surgeons than other countries.)
I think you mean deal with what you have AND die.
What a bunch of whiners.
Swedenland for one - Any full time employment, as far as I know, is more than enough for everything one would want. Assuming you own your house/flat and not renting it for a ridiculous fee and property is cheap-er in smaller cities/villages.
Healthcare is free and there are caps on how much one pays out of pocket for things like prescription medicine (up to -90% price after 240-ish € per year).
Education (free for all, higher education is free for citizens) gets you physically less demanding job and/or job security not significantly more per month in terms of moneys.
Norway - same as Sweden only everything is slightly more expensive, but you also get higher wages, so you take a trip to Sweden for your monthly shopping.
Finland - same as Sweden only everything is cheaper, but you get lower wages, you do Not go to Russia for shopping, unless you are in market for cheap clear liquid anti-anxiety medication.
Denmark - same as Sweden but it is warmer and you can get great deals in Germany.
Germany - same as Denmark, you just take a trip into to Poland whenever you want good deal on non perishables and vacation in Sweden because cheap property in smaller villages and almost every population center has a german store (Lidl) in it.
Poland - same as Germany, only wages are lower so you take a trip to Ukraine.
20hrs minimum a week. Miss a buss or a ferry, add another 50 minutes to that one way commute.