Bas wrote:according to that definition, are there really that many parasites in America? aren't receivers of unemployment benefits obliged by law to look for a job and are checked upon that? IMHO opinion the only real parasites in the system are those who commit fraud with entitlements still it can be a daytime job surviving on welfare. Also those people not needed by the system, who are unable to find a job should be just left to die or forced to steal their daily bread? I don't think so. Not while we live in a system where bankers run off with millions for running the economy into the ground.
Well of course the ultimate issue here Bas is
a surplus of people. And given that said surplus
is going to be winnowed in the not-to-distant future, I think it's perfectly reasonable to ask ourselves the question, "Do we let Nature take its course, reasserting her 'red in tooth and claw' aspect so that we end up playing Last (or No) Man Standing, or do we look for more humane ways to aid the process, utilizing Nature's guidance as an aid toward determining how best to accomplish the task?"
I for one lean toward the second option, which means that somehow one must find a way to determine what gets pruned and what does not. And if one's desire is that the best possible chance of long-term species survival be a primary goal, then I don't believe simply drawing lots (i.e. 'leaving it to fate') is the way to go.
So how to decide? I suppose there might be any number of ways, but I for one believe that selecting a) obvious genetic defectives at birth, b) intentional grifters in all their myriad variations, and c) those that are no longer
capable of self-support and lacking
willing and capable familial support as the first to be winnowed is one of the more equitable choices. No racial or national biases, just selection made in line with the tendencies of Nature when left to her own devices.
Have you a better suggestion, given the goal of maximizing our chances as a species for
long term survival?