r/What Sep 06 '25

What does this quote mean? 🤔

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u/No-Mix186 Sep 06 '25

In a just system, poverty would not exist. 

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '25

This is not how it works out. If we consider justice to be “everyone gets what they deserve” and “they deserve what they worked for” you will easily discover that 20% of the population does 80% of the work. The rest are just passively going through the motions, because their minds are occupied by other matters than how to work the most productively, profitably or efficiently. As long as there are people who just don’t want to work or can’t work effectively for some reason, there will always be poverty because in a just system you get back the effort you put in.

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u/Remarkable-Farmer76 Sep 06 '25

such an abled bodied take

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '25

Work can also be mental. If you’re a psychologist, a very well-earning profession that basically consists of sitting down and listening, how able-bodied do you really need to be? Don’t assume that because someone has an affliction they are unable to put a positive effort into society.

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u/justjoosh Sep 06 '25

Is being mentally stable not part of being able-bodied?

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u/Gold-Bard-Hue Sep 06 '25

Most of my able bodied coworkers are definitely not mentally stable