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Say wat? :rolleyes: No. What I'm describing is the formalization of romantic relationships. Not "mafia". Marriage does not necessarily imply children, given the fact that people could get married and never have children, whether by choice or not

I'm pretty sure that "marriage" just means "a group of people that are committed to an exclusive relationship as formalized by the state". The fact that it "usually" meant two people, man and woman, doesn't mean it absolutely has to be.

Much less frequently, and not implicitly encouraged by the system. The first also occurs in nature. It makes intuitive sense, and it places the responsibility for survival on the individual, also natural and most importantly, ethical. A grown adult is supposed to be able of taking care of...

LOL, that sentence is hilarious. "We don't mean this to happen, please ignore this glaring flaw in our system, it's not intentional". Oh, so you freely admit that the Communist system was incapable of incentivizing people to work without putting a literal gun to their head. Selling the shit...

That's exactly what happens in these cases. Then the managers usually end up shoveling even more work on the few competent workers, because they know that's the only way things get done, and this ends up increasing the burden on said competent workers in a vicious cycle. In a sane work...

That would still not make people whose needs are provided for free to want to work. A nice office is not nearly enough.

I agree with you, but what does any of this has to do with what we were discussing?

Hell, I don't think most people would stay even in office jobs if they had a choice between that or sitting in a cafe goofing around, or playing video games. Hell, even if they did stay, why would they bother adhering to a deadline, why wouldn't they just leave home the moment they get bored or...

Yes, because they'll need to cover electricity and housing at the very least. Not because they'll "enjoy working". I'll go over your calculation later in depth (or I wont, since I'm lazy. We'll see), since it feels off. Taking it at face value, it's still a huge expense. Every single point I...

The wording is kind of cumbersome. English as a second language and all, you understand. Clarification: You tried to provide examples of things that are free of charge. I pointed out they aren't. The end. I consider myself a centrist, so we might end up converging on similar views in some...

I've edited my post and added more explanations, perhaps you didn't notice. I don't stop working because not ALL of my needs are taken care of, just a couple. Drinking water and 3 meals a day are horrible examples for "things aren't provided free of charge that people do have to pay for"...

Those things are provided for free because trees don't demand a wage for their work, and neither does the sun. If trees around the world demanded a wage for breathing, you can bet your ass I'd be paying for the oxygen I breathe. I still need to work because there are other necessities that are...

Every state already does have an "ideological template" in mind. It's called the constitution. Today's left-leaning academic teachings are, in many cases, deeply unconstitutional, going against equality before the law, against the right to bear arms, against freedom of speech and against the...

There are a few fields of study that I feel are definitely politicized with a heavy leaning to the left, that fuel citizens with destructive ideologies that are actively harmful to society, yes. Today's colleges have become environments that are hostile to debate and a free exchange of ideas...

Pretty much, yes. It would have a mandate to determine if a topic of study has been politicized, thus tipping the ideological balance scales in the country and harming democracy. That doesn't sound particularly fair to me. You're basically telling me that I will have to give up on my dreams to...

It is if the state will be called upon to pay for them. No? What about citizens that want to have more than they currently do? Say, I want a huge estate manor, and I am willing to work hard to get it. Am I not allowed to? How do you propose to implement it given the prohibitive costs of...

You know what, why beat around the bush? If education and therapy for the purpose of merely rounding-up one's knowledge and personality are intrinsic rights and should be granted for free, how about food, medicine, housing and transportation? All these are surely much more important to one's...

I don't believe that this applies to every topic of study. This issue actually does touch on the left/right divide. Do you feel that some topics of academic study have either devolved to or intrinsically are worthless, and serve only as ideological recruitment centers rather than meaningfully...

There's a slight ethical problem with that. Being able to round-out your education in a way that doesn't contribute back to society is a great privilege, and I'm not sure that the government should grant privileges like that to citizens while taking money from others to pay for it. Do you...

I'm not sure you're right about that. The cost of private higher education in my country (Israel) is much cheaper than in the US. It's still more expensive than the public universities (which are, by the way, fairly top notch). My yearly tuition when I was enrolled (in a public university) had...