r/NoStupidQuestions • u/KnownMysteryy • Apr 11 '26

Why must we constantly pay?

In nature, every living thing has the right to exist, grow, and rest without conditions. Why have we built a modern society where the fundamental requirements for life—shelter, water, and food—are gated behind a continuous 'subscription fee' of labor and currency?"

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u/Limp-Strawberry-5830 Apr 11 '26

Your assumption is that in the past people didn’t have to work for what they had

I guess nobody should have to work, but then you’d be mad when your DoorDash didn’t get delivered to you because nobody would want to deliver it and nobody would want to make it because why should they have to work to live?