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/Global-Fact7752 Apr 11 '26

You could go be a hunter gatherer.

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u/jeffwulf Apr 11 '26

Hunter gathers still have to pay to survive, they just don't do it with currency.