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richardhutnik said:

A person with an ethical system that involves a sense of duty, and not just "things are fine if I leave everyone alone" are more likely to end up doing things like volunteering.

Sure. But nationalized welfarism erodes a sense of duty by abdicating it to "other people", just as the nationalization of the family in western nations has resulted in the collapse of the actual family.