re: #56 Aceofwhat?

and truly, we’re better off with a combination of the two. i simply find the belief in a societal obligation without a sense of personal obligation to be as selfish as the inverse. because then it truly is “i think someone else should really take care of the poor”. that’s not exactly a compassionate attitude.

And what is compassionate about believing that a person who can’t get by on personal charity deserves his lot in life? That if you can’t pull yourself up by your bootstraps, then you’re obviously not trying?