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Well, I'm old enough to remember /* very vaguely */ meat food stamps. I'm glad that thing is over.
But there was probably some logic behind that like resources were scarce && we couldn't have some people hogging all the good stuff, while others being left w/o it.
But really, I don't care enough to look up the true reasoning behind that.
It's a distant memory, fortunately. -
@D-4got10-01 country?
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@kiki PL.
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@D-4got10-01 US food stamps are different. They’re literally slightly different dollar bills that you can spend anywhere you want, as long as you’re spending them on essentials.
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@kiki Yup. !that familiar w/ those.
Just the bits I could gather by watching US movies / shows.
About the only thing I do remember about those is that some people abuse the system /* obviously */.
That's how that one mom in the 'Orange Is The New Black' got put in jail. For exchanging the food stamps for money or something similar. -
@D-4got10-01 every software engineer instantly knows at least ten ways in which any system can be abused :D every good software tester knows 20
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can't be government broad social programs
if you don't trust yourself cool extricate that responsibility to somebody else
but you need choices of groups to extricate it to. government being the only choice defeats the purpose. it will always lead to corruption
churches now... those have it down. churches and weird help groups. or just neighbours giving a shit. you can sus that out and choose your faction. government shouldn't do it
needs to be small pockets. they can't be coordinated or you get tyranny and from tyranny potential you get corruption, monopolies, and broadplace suffering with no way out because alternatives have been stricken from existence and that ain't cool
Food stamps concept is genius. A centralized feeding point for vulnerable people that, while providing good economy of scale, is literally where a lot of vulnerable people are, waiting to be preyed on. You can't just give them money either, you can't trust them to be responsible with it. Instead, you give them the special kind of money that can only be spent on food and essential items. That's literally crypto smart contracts, but from decades ago. This has two benefits:
1. They can spend it closer to their home, as they can't afford to drive to some kind of a centralized nexus
2. It supports local businesses
Saving a failed state where _everybody_ is vulnerable, as their institutions and infrastructure cease to exist? Build a feeding point/network to leverage the economy of scale to help them all. Put armed guards nearby. Also, build a lot of showers — we don't need a cholera outbreak. Oh, and a lot of tap water pumps.
Saving just few vulnerable people within a functioning country? Food stamps.
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