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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net -3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Did you just say you would rather die than not get paid?

[–] DillyDaily@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

For some families, that's the reality, not being paid means no housing, no food, no medications. For people who have dangerous debt, not having available money could be a threat to their life.

Obviously your life is priceless, but we've developed a system where you simply can't live without money, and put people in circumstances where the money in their hand now is worthy more to their survival today than twice as much money in their hand tomorrow.

I'm just grateful that's not my situation.