Don't get angry at welfare recipients. They are, at least, acting rationally. They are receiving something free that will benefit their lives (according to their (presumably short)
time preference). That the resources were taken from others against their will is a non-issue, made irrelevant largely because the cost has been socialized. It's anonymous.
It's also worth pointing out that politicians who direct resources to welfare recipients are also acting rationally. After all, the pols get votes, which provides them with job security. They can also fill the coffers of themselves and their friends (do you know who oversees the EBT card program? lol) They also achieve some degree of civil rest, at least while they're in office. No one wants to preside over a town in which blood is being shed due to race warfare. It's bad for business, and bad for the ruler's legacy.
In short, pols plunder the nation's resources while the gettin's good. Welfare is just one manifestation of that pursuit. That should be self-evident to you. This isn't a monarchy. It's not like the pols are kings who need to deftly manage the nation's resources to perpetuate the annuity and eventually hand it off to their progenitors.
No. They have a short-term view. How short? As long as they are in office. Hell, for that reason alone, it would almost be better to eliminate term limits altogether. That way, at least the pols, who could keep their seats until they die, would be motivated to slow down their plundering efforts.
To recap, you shouldn't get angry with welfare recipients because they are acting rationally, just like a hungry dog eating from the trash. You shouldn't get angry at the pols who are also acting rationally. So who does that leave?
How about the knuckleheads who believe in the false legitimacy of the state? How about the ones who argue that a state is necessary because men are evil and need to be herded like cattle? How about the vacuous, intellectually bankrupt citizens who argue for rulers, and then are dismayed when their rulers act badly? How about those who have the audacity to believe they should have a right to install a ruler over your family - a ruler who uses aggression and violence to steal and murder?
I'll save my anger for those people. They are the ones acting irrationally, and harming me and my family.
