I watched a poster at a lib website make a point that has something in common with your post.
How many of you remember Philip "The Chickenman" Testa, the anarcho-socialist nut who was at CU for a while? Well he ended up at another lib website, and on one thread made a comment that all food, shelter, and clothing should be provided by the gov't (via taxation, of course) which would free people up to employee themselves in fields of which they would enjoy rather than having to work in a particular field because they had no choice. One of the posters, who was an accountant or worked as a paralegal, then noted they would love that, that they had always wanted to write romance novels, and that meant they could go months and years doing research and writing while not having to worry about where they would live, what they would wear, and if they were going to eat.
The libs went ballistic.
"Are you a novel writer already? If not, then you can't just decide to become one."
"Why not? It's what I really want to do, and I wouldn't have to worry anymore about the necessities."
"It wouldn't be for that purpose. You're just wanting to take advantage of the situation."
Well, no kidding. Are they actually so stupid they don't realize how people would use and abuse the system, even one that was less than all encompassing as the one described on the lib website? Yes, they really are that dumb.
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