No mother fucker, respect is the default. You're supposed to respect everyone you meet. People can lose respect, and gain it back. But you don't start at zero and earn your way to being respected. You respect every human you meet
That was the default at one point in human history. If you didn't hunt or forage, you probably didn't get to eat. Eventually humans discovered agriculture and figured out a small group of people could produce enough food for a large group of people. You'd assume that would then mean not everyone would need to labour for their food, but you'd be wrong!
How many hours a week working on fundamental science, art, entertainment, medicine, engineering, etc. If you drink from the fountain of modern society, you get the benefits and you share the burden of the costs.
Life is unfair. There are no free rides, nor should there be.
Life is unfair. There are no free rides, nor should there be.
And this attitude is exactly why life is unfair. Doesn't have to be like this, there's other ways of organizing societies than "fuck you, I got mine" and not just hypothetically; welfare systems are a thing in many countries you know. Or at least were until relatively recently, thanks to people who think like you.
