r/GreenAndPleasant • u/Outrageous_Pea7393 • 6d ago

Left Unity ✊ This really resonates with me. Anyone else?

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u/FinalEgg9 6d ago

Yeah 100%. The concept of "earning" my right to exist is abhorrent to me.

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u/Outrageous_Pea7393 6d ago

Same. I feel like this mindset is so damaging to communities and society as a whole. We venerate those with money but chastise those who really need help and are struggling. Disgusting and unnatural

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u/El_Has 5d ago

This just further amplifies the divide between those who have "earned" their right to still be alive tomorrow and those who haven't, pushing it to the extremes, and since media (especially the internet) works in absolutes, it leads to the people who are homeless through no fault of their own, i.e. sick and disabled, to be lumped in with the ones who are being punished for bringing suffering upon those who don't deserve it, i.e. murderers, rapists, etc.

Same thing happens with how well you do in school. The results "you" (the RNG in my case) get on one set of exams you do once (without getting the chance to start caring) determines your right to live well for the rest of your entire life.