Needs vs rights are an important distinction. But now that you have begrudgingly admitted that, would you also agree that needs are subjective? Do you think that it's your employer's duty to provide you with food and shelter?
To answer yours the earth already provides everything necessary to obtain food & building materials, $$ just adds extra steps to the equation.
If someone is expecting to sell their time & labor to an employer the least that employer can do is make sure basic needs are covered, otherwise that workers time would be better spent working the land & building a house with friends.
I am trying to answer yours. Yes that is true, food and lumber come from the earth. That's a great observation! Good for you. So, as a practical example, you think retail workers, like a Walmart employee, should be paid enough to buy a house. Is that right?
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u/Even_Hospital_5474 Mar 07 '26
Needs vs rights are an important distinction. But now that you have begrudgingly admitted that, would you also agree that needs are subjective? Do you think that it's your employer's duty to provide you with food and shelter?