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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You're projecting quite a few opinions. As the PP pointed out, there is already a substantial entitlement sector in the United States.

There's many different kinds of entitlements and just about everyone benefits from some entitlement to some degree. But I do imagine most people agree entitlements can only go so far. What people don't like are privileges. Forgiving student loans, for example, is a privilege rather than an entitlement.

[b]"if we all just worked LESS, and produced less, consumed less?" = dramatic decline in most people's standard of living. [/b]

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This is an extremely American-centric view of standard of living, or at least with respect to quality of life.

It would absolutely be better for the environment if we produced and consumed less of everything. A cleaner environment would unequivocally improve quality of life, and reduce costs elsewhere.

Same thing with reduced workload. If you work less and partake in more leisure and family activities, you will objectively be healthier, spend less on pills and medical procedures, and save more money as a whole.

In the big picture, I think the costs of overworking onto all of society outweigh the benefits of any extra innovation it yields.

Just look at the workday time creep. The American cultural norm used to be Nine to Five, like the Dolly Parton song. Then it became 8 to 6. Now it's basically 8 to 6 but you have to be available to stay late whenever needed and answer work emails off hours and on weekends. Your company owns you. [/quote]

Shrugs. I've lived in different countries in different parts of the world and with different cultures. What you're imagining really doesn't exist. PEople work. They have to in order to live. It's that simple.

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