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VGPolyglot said:
contestgamer said:

Nothing like it. More like bias towards people that can make things happen or die trying vs the ones that want it done for them or helped to it. People think they have a right to a good life. No you don't. You have the right to try and make one 

And why shouldn't you?

I had to jump in here. You don't have a right to a good life for several reasons. The main reason is nobody owes you anything. It in order to be guaranteed a good life, that means that somebody somewhere is responsible for making that happen. They're not. You are. Second, everyone has different standards for what qualifies as a good life. In my opinion, most people who live in first world nations have good lives. Many of them just don't realize it. Even if it were somehow possible to provide every person on Earth a guarantee to a good life, how would that be measured? Third, it would actually be a bad thing if a good life was guaranteed rather than earned. Without struggle and sacrifice, nobody would have any appreciation for anything. People would simply expect the best of everything all the time without giving any consideration of what makes it possible for that to happen. Civilization would fall apart. That's kind of what's happening now, actually. We've had a good thing going for a while. We're getting bored and now things are starting to come undone.



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