I do not care how lazy you are.
But all governments run on taxes... all governments... everywhere... all through history.
I doubt the government cares if YOU are lazy... but they DO CARE if a huge portion of the population is lazy.
So, being lazy
(perpetually drunk, high, intentionally unemployed, or otherwise useless in society)
actually IS a societal problem which governments DO address.
There have been times and places where HUGE portions of populations were drunk or high all the time, and it caused massive breakdowns all through society... eventually effecting the government.
And when this happens, a government will step it to change it.
I do not care if YOU are lazy.
I could care less.
But if a huge amount of the population, of any nation, becomes useless as tax payers, or causes a breakdown in civic foundations... governments will step in to change that.
These are just the cold realities of life.
But all governments run on taxes... all governments... everywhere... all through history.
I doubt the government cares if YOU are lazy... but they DO CARE if a huge portion of the population is lazy.
So, being lazy
(perpetually drunk, high, intentionally unemployed, or otherwise useless in society)
actually IS a societal problem which governments DO address.
There have been times and places where HUGE portions of populations were drunk or high all the time, and it caused massive breakdowns all through society... eventually effecting the government.
And when this happens, a government will step it to change it.
I do not care if YOU are lazy.
I could care less.
But if a huge amount of the population, of any nation, becomes useless as tax payers, or causes a breakdown in civic foundations... governments will step in to change that.
These are just the cold realities of life.
Yes, they call it slavery, totalitarianism, and communism, and religious persecution.
Are we afraid to let people be free? To pursue happiness in a way different from ours?
If your rich, it's OK to be lazy, but a crime if your poor.
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Has Colorado slipped into the tenth circle of hell because they legalized pot? No.
Did the state fall apart, fall into debt because of it ? No.
Are there crazy, wild, loonies running wildly around? No, you have to go to Washington D.C. to congress for that.