Is it more important to be sure everyone gets what they need, or to be sure they only get what they deserve?

[Anonymous]

Everyone should get what they need

Everyone should get ONLY what they deserve

[contentious]

It's not important to worry about what other people get period. Work on yourself. Build up your own nest egg to take care of yourself and share with your family matching your own needs and lifestyle. If people have less or more than you, no big deal.

[Amy_Mi]

It’s more important to align outcomes with deservingness.

Meeting everyone’s needs without discernment can enable mediocrity, entitlement, or imbalance.

Rewarding effort, integrity, and respect cultivates growth, giving without merit dilutes value.

Generosity isn’t about blind distribution, it’s about strategic investment in those who earn it.

What people deserve shapes fairness far more than what they demand.

[Kelley1]

Only the stupid believe people should get what they need. That is impossible because resources are limited.

[Asker]

Actually, I think you have it reversed only the stupid belief that resources are limited to the extent that people can't get what they need. It's just that there is a certain group of people that hoard resources.

[Kelley1]

I can't help what delusional people believe. I would rather they not be delusional, but I have no control over it.

[Asker]

Resources are not as limited as your hypothesis would demand

[Anonymous]

Everyone should get what they need as long as they're doing everything they can to get it for themselves. If someone is unable to get something they need due to illness or mental incapacity or something like that, then it should be provided for them. The issue is the tens of millions of people who are able to work, but won't.