Inefficient though it might be there’s a dignity-preserving aspect to receiving safety-net support from a well-run bureaucracy that catalyzes personal agency and provides an impetus towards self-sufficiency in a way personal dependence on “the kindness of strangers” does not.
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Different context and scale, but this reminds me of: “We ask individuals to solve problems that are systemically created.” From:https://gen.medium.com/parents-are-not-ok-66ab2a3e42d9 …
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So, bit self-interested on the matter, but why are lawsuits less than ideal?
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The only true beneficiaries of lawsuits are lawyers
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Bureaucratically-distributed aid could be ~as unpleasant as the benefactor/benefactee relationship: * Poorly targeted due to illegibility of needs * Hoop-jumping - means-testing, drug testing, yearly application, etc * Must be cheap versions vs. market to prevent backlash
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* The rich are still mostly functioning as benefactors, just in the background (and they will grouse about it, e.g. Romney's "47%") * Hard to hold anyone directly accountable if aid is subpar I'm not totally disagreeing with you, but both models have weaknesses
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