There's a huge gulf between what this comic says (essentially housing, a basic human necessity) should be free, and what you're attacking (everything is free). One of those is ABSOLUTELY doable. We live in a world of gross excess, if we stop arguing over how to kill people more efficiently, stop worrying about printing more money, we could give people a small home. Of course someone still has to pay/work for it, no one's stupid lol.

Even if it's a "shoebox apartment" it's better than streets. It's one of the basic requirements for life. And who's to say that provided home has to be your only option?

[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 6 points 10 months ago

Honestly, even if we replaced current employment with a 10-year indentured servitude contract with a guaranteed 1000 sq. ft. home and free utilities and maintenance for the rest of your life, that'd still be better than what we have now in a lot of ways.

People only like the system we're in because it provides the illusion of choice, not actual choices.