the one that gets me, though, is the finger-pointing by the clearly privileged (i.e. anyone with enough time to squander on the internets) at that largely fictional bugbear of an undercaste individual who "just wants something for nothing." of course, it's a fundamentally racist thing: the first image that leaps to their minds is that of a ghetto-bound black dude, dressed in an expensive raiders jersey displaying bling and uncashed welfare checks in equal proportion, staring the death stare back at shocked whitey with a look of "this MINE, bitch!" it's a fundamentally racist delusion at its core. in REALITYVILLE, population no-one who has ever read hayek and then extolled it in that twee collegiate voice on a web forum, MOST PEOPLE WANT TO WORK. most people WANT self-respect and dignity. most people WANT a decent, well-paying job, which you don't fucking get when you're poor, because the corporate elite are happy to turn people into unskilled low-wage drudges, with barely enough money to subsist, and at the price of basic human pride and dignity. if you DO get folks on the government dole, it's because you haven't tried to create a society where working actually *is* a noble thing, and because you worship the wealthy so much you refuse to hold them accountable for the existence of a large, unmonied undercaste.
