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[–] Carsandsarcasm 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

You know it's not actually about contributing to society, right? People don't get jobs and pursue hobbies because they want all the people of the world to be enriched by their work and presence. This isn't Star Trek. They do these things for themselves. Working is about earning the means to raise a family and live a full and comfortable life. Achievements are about making the best use of your limited time on Earth.

The fact we have created a system in which we all work in specialised fields that compliment each other at large is just a way of making it more efficient for us all to do what we really want to do. When people contribute to society, what they are really doing is advancing themselves for their own benefit and some surplus from that benefits others. The idea is that you would want to do something with your life because you're finite and there is more to the world than what happens on TV tonight. It's not for some idealistic, communist "greater good" where we all just love each other so much that we want to make speadsheets 8 hours a day. You should contribute so that you can get some money and spend it on things that will outlast your existence.

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[–] LibertarianForChrist 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

The fact that the weak are forcibly propped up by the strong, and that unity has been substituted with societal prostitution, is what will lead to the death of the 1st world. Complacency and the inability to function or change is not a trait of fitness. With a lack of fitness comes either extreme circumstances where the strong adapt get rid of the weak, or the whole species dies off and is replaced.

The whole hard times-strong men-easy times-weak men thing.

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[–] VirtualUnicorn [S] 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

...I'm not sure what the point of this comment was, but thank you for the misanthropic philosophy segment.

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[–] rshackleford252525 ago 

so you just troll everyone with stupidity it seems?... christ you're such a loser you have me defending a mod i hate