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No doubt, but consider that some people will then become cynical about society in order to become freeloaders.

(Rather as in Upton Sinclair's famous quote: 'It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!')

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If history has taught us anything, its that nobody needs a philosophical rationale to become a freeloader.

It's a reason why some people become social cynics, I think, and this reason is represented in their brains. However they may not be able to articulate it, partly because they need to see themselves (and for others to see them) as good people. Indeed the strategy depends on it.

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