People Need to Stop Using "Life's Not Fair" As an Excuse in Politics

[Waffles731]

Life's not fair- We have all been told this at some point and to be honest is there any advice that is more obvious than that. OF COURSE LIFE IS NOT FAIR. I have never met anyone who actually thinks that life is fair.

People claim that these idiots who want free education and healthcare don't realize that life is not fair.

Do you really think that the people who wrote that think the world is fair. It should be incredibly obvious that they don't think life is fair. The fact is that anyone who is not absurdly wealthy realizes that life is unfair.

We pay people millions of dollars to kick or hit a goddamn ball. When we pay soldiers and teachers a truly pitiful amount of money

The people who play games don't help people. They don't improve the lives of others for what they do so why on earth do we pay them millions of dollars when people who actually get paid to help society get paid a slightly more than enough to live on.

Tell me why we actually pay for sports stadiums with tax money when

What I'm saying is that OF COURSE LIFE ISN'T GODDAMN FAIR.

What really bugs me is that when people say that life isn't fair they just accept it. The point of progress especially in politics is not to keep the place like it is. The point of progress is make the world a better place.

Yes life is not fair however that is not a reason to keep it that way. By simply moving on after saying that life is not fair you are ignoring the problem. We are supposed to try and make the world BETTER not keep it the way it is.

The people who use this as an excuse for their political beliefs honestly should not be allowed to vote. That's saying life isn't fair and it shouldn't be. That is saying sure injustice exists and I don't want to do a single thing about it.

To make the world a better place we need to actually accept that the world is unfair and try to change it and anyone who doesn't realize that has no business voting

[vishna]

"Life isn't fair" can be seen as an apathetic excuse. I have a relative who desperately needs a surgery but it costs thousands of dollars and she doesn't have the money-no money, no surgery, no progress. The doctors are trained, the equipment is there, the medicine is there-but she'll suffer because she can't pay to be treated. There's just something wrong about that. We live in a day where people shouldn't suffer because they aren't rich enough to pay for expensive surgeries.

[vishna]

thanks for mho

[Redstang88]

Wow I really pissed you off, didn't I?
Once government regulation gets to the point of overruling the power of money, its a slippery slope to total dictatorship.
And thats why I have such a problem with the far left, whether they realize it or not, that is what they are pushing so strongly for. Just pook at China, Russia, North Korea. Once the government gets that much power, whats to stop them from taking more? We cave to the liberals, we won't be able to think or breathe without the government's permission.

[Waffles731]

"Wow I really pissed you off, didn't I?"
Not really, I've just put out three takes that have been going through my head a lot at work,
the other two are
www.girlsaskguys.com/.../a29557-people-who-should-not-be-allowed-to-vote-nor-hold-office
www.girlsaskguys.com/.../a29550-why-sports-scholarships-should-be-done-away-with-entirely

[anonman32]

health care should not be free, it should just be quality but cheap so anyone can afford it. just face it, when not everyone can afford health care your society is just shit. its the same with education, if you can't afford to educate your kids without killing yourself by debts your society is doing it wrong. before you kill me with arguments like hard work = a lot of money. i think a society should at least attempt social stratification because having super rich and super poor people is just as bad as getting everything for free from the government.

[Blonde401]

My country has free health care. I don't see why you shouldn't be able to walk into a hospital without worrying that you can afford the bill afterwards.

[Blonde401]

And it's not free as such, everyone pays into it.

[anonman32]

@Blonde401 well i said that everyone should be able to afford health care didn't i? it does not matter what kind of a system you have as long as everyone can afford it.

[Blonde401]

Well we all pay tax and the tax funds the NHS. You don't pay for any health care except the 8 quid you purchase your prescription with. All hospital bills are free etc. it just makes more sense to have it that way.

[anonman32]

@Blonde401 in Belgium you pay the full price for every thing but it is paid back by some government agency.

[Blonde401]

I suppose that's a similar system. I think Canada have a system like we do? Universal healthcare should be something all first world countries have

[Blonde401]

Sportsmen and women's wages are paid that much because their is a greater economy within that realm. There's so much money made from advertising and merchandise, sports companies can afford to pay people that money. It's an injustice I suppose but it is a fact of life. I am still appalled that you guys don't have free healthcare.

[Spiorad_Aisce]

I like that take but I can see it drowning in a populist backlash - The politicians who get elected are the "I will cut taxes" not the "I would cut taxes but it will screw up your healthcare and school systems, you pick"