Is there anything you'd be willing to fight a war for?

[David Horn]

(10-31-2022, 04:03 PM)JasonBlack Wrote:

(10-31-2022, 01:29 PM)David Horn Wrote: Working in the South is do-or-die.  There's not much in the way of social safety net, so failutre to work offers two options: mooching and crime.  I fail to see that as a net plus.

Working is supposed to be "do-or-die" (at least, not being unemployed for like a year plus). Yes, wages are lower, but cost of living is also much, much lower than in most of the rest of the country. Me 10 years ago would have extended a bit more benefit of the doubt. I have been unemployed a few times, and it's a horrible place to be, but more and more I see the younger millennials and Gen Z openly....bragging about quitting work. Doing it as a social/moral statement and not applying for more jobs when possible. We don't tolerate those people in the South. 

I'm not even particularly extreme on this issue, but I'm sorry to say, this is a clear instance of "give'em an inch, they'll take a mile".

Let's look at the underlying assumptions.  Work is readily available: maybe, maybe not.  Hard work will be rewarded: based on what?  Employers in a liberrtarian world exercise an undue level of power over employees.  In states that have Right to Work and Employment on Demand laws also ohave the lowest average and minimum wages.  Why is that good?  Higher pay also creates more inclusive societies -- societies, btw, that pay for the RtW and EoD policies in less progressive states.