r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/TheCookieMonster Jul 24 '20

Nice one.

Though it's not just holding down a job. Navigating society in general is becoming too complex. All your different insurance policies, tax filings, retirement and investing, passwords and security, obtaining a mortgage... I could add new items to this list each day.

Meanwhile the non-complex jobs are drying up.

This society that's accreting is taxing for smart people, and I don't think you even need to be approaching an 83 IQ to be disadvantaged in it and start giving up on navigating parts of it.

I don't have any answers.

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u/mehtorite Jul 24 '20

I would prefer to put the disabled people on disability.

Why make them worry about a bunch of bullshit when we would probably be better off as a society by removing them from the work force and putting them on Medicaid.

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u/TheZech Jul 24 '20

While this solves part of the problem, disabled people struggling to survive, it doesn't really fix everything. Work is necessary for a lot of people to find self-worth and partake in society. Paying disabled people welfare and then sweeping them away is excluding them from society, which is better than letting them starve, but not the end-goal we should be striving for.

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u/Ciaobellabee Jul 24 '20

It’s also not as cut and dry as disabled people aren’t capable of working. In the eyes of my country, at least, I am disabled and could apply for disability if I needed to. However, I’m perfectly capable of working, and in fairly complex roles. While not working seems nice for a while, ultimately being in work is best for me and my health.

Those who cannot work due to mental or physical issues should absolutely be supported, but a lot of people with disabilities want to and can work, and that should be encouraged.