**Applause**

But as with any altruism in an idividual or at a societal level, is it truly altruitic? In this case, & taking your self-interested capitalist ethos on board, why not see it as a form of insurance? It’s a lot cheaper than paying a company for the benefits of insuring against illness, accident & infirmity (because inherently the company not only has to pay for your benefits but also wants to make a fat, juicy profit on top). So, more money for you & you get the peace of mind that all your hard work won’t be undone by a nasty fall in front of an oncoming truck.
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I also, inadvertently, nicked your lines about chaos & anarchy in a response to Flatfish above.
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But ‘voting for women’? I’m not sure how that will help society or in fact women.

No, what women need is government supplied morphine to control their monthly hysterics. Leave the rule making & warring to us men.
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No, the worker still gets paid for his skills & his labour. He still has his/her own destiny in his/her hands. The simple idea (yet very complex to achieve in practice) is giving within your needs. So if you have an excess of money, beyond your needs, then those in society who haven’t could & should benefit.

By the same argument the same worker, if involved in an accident, falls ill, etc. would no longer have the ability to make his living. In this change of circumstance he would now become the benficiary of others in society who can work & earn a living.
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thanks for the comments & pls quote away.

Let us know when you’ve linked it so that we can take a look at your work, too.
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Your opinion is valued but flawed (in my opinion). I think that America (& many Americans) has a real problem even with the mention of socialism – it seems like the cold war of battling the reds & commies never went away & is still a festering boil awaiting to erupt.

I still think politically, too, the concept of giving within your needs to those whose needs are greatest – however you label it – is still an aspiration that any civilised society should be striving for.

& as pointed out below the ‘government’s gun’, in the form of the legal & judiciary system of democracies that we’ve voted for, is always pointing at our heads in one form or another; without it society devolves into chaos & anarchy (now there’s a political movement I think has potential … if it can only be married with the key tenets of caring for others).

Best pull the plug now then because you clearly have no impact within society at the moment, let alone when you are sat in a chair, stinking of piss with only flies to keep you company.