• rumschlumpel@feddit.org
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    2 months ago

    We don’t even know if OOP refused to work, or couldn’t work. There are lots of conditions that make it literally impossible to work a job, no matter how much you “apply yourself” or how much effort you put in.

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      2 months ago

      Either he CAN do something and he doesn’t want to. Or he can’t do ANYTHING and should apply for disability benefits. Every decent country has a program for severely disabled citizens.

      I doubt this fictional tale is likely as written in a story without disability benefits.

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        2 months ago

        Every decent country has a program for severely disabled citizens.

        We’re still talking about the US, right? Lots of people fall through the cracks because their issues don’t get recognized as a “real” disability, this is true even for countries with more comprehensive social security systems.