“Never Change, Japan!”: 40 Interesting And Wholesome Things About Japan That Prove It’s Unlike Anywhere Else In The World

I'd love to know how you think nurses could protest with similar effects

And some people think MORE guns are the answer

No one thinks that.

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So everyone working of something not of their choosing and getting paid is exploitation?

Yep, the basis of a healthy and fulfilling life is doing what you love and get paid regardless of its perceived "worth" to the system, that's why under capitalism stock brokers get paid more than a visual artist for an animated movie, in a more equal society I could live off making coffee and donuts and my income should cover all of my expenses, instead I have to work from 8 to 9 all week in four different jobs just to barely cover basic expenses -food, transport, water, electricity, etc - (and sometimes my hobbies) and I don't know If I'll have the necessary funds to rest when I'm older, yet the current system demands of me "productivity" until my body stops functioning as we are a disposable gear in a never ending meat grinder :/

I do understand your point, but I think what you are saying is unfeasible utopia given the selfishness of society members. So while I think I agree with your concept, I also think for these disabled people it is a better option than not doing anything even in a capitalistic reality. Thank you for making me think about this though.

And yet in the US and Latin-América 80% of the people would be willing to pay more taxes if that meant for certain that other people would not starve or die from preventable illnesses, and around the world 80% percent of volunteers are teens giving away their free time for little to no pay, also there are thousands of soup kitchens giving away food for free, even more there are thousands of people caring for elderly people just because they want to and they don't want to get paid, the Malaria project and similar non-profits have hundreds of thousands of people who donate their time to find a cure to a bunch of diseases free of charge, we flood blood banks when there's a disaster, etc that is the reality, when we have the opportunity to help each other we just do it because we know we have to support one another to survive this roller-coaster we call Life :D The people are not the problem, the system is just not letting us change it :'(

I do not think you mean 80% of people are volunteering on a regular basis? It always seems like 10% of any population is doing 90% of the work - being kind and compassionate in this situation. So I don't know how onboard everyone would be in our USA fat-cat capitalistic society where the rich are making the rules with the politicians. (the cat on my lap just got offended I compared "her" to corporate greed.)

Nooooo, there's was actually a survey where people between the ages of 18-45 were asked if they would consider paying more taxes if that meant -with transparency and lots of oversight to make sure the resources are sent where they're needed- other people would not suffer from lack of food or essential services and most of them said Go for it! :D And yes, we do most of the work and the rich get more rich but times are changing :) (cat deserves some pats =o3o=)

My cat and I thank you for this discussion. Thank you for your time and thoughts!

The Netherlands has the same problem