That can be extended to anything that isn’t practical or useful, what I’m saying isn’t that you should be paid for sitting on your couch specifically, what I’m saying is that you should have enough money to cover your needs even if your job is creating very abstract art, being a professional swimmer, or an artificial one like managing a manager.
You want a universal basic income then. I also want that to happen, as it will allow more people to chase their dream career while being able to afford to live.
I’m not talking about luxuries or even a comfortable life, I just think that everyone should have enough to live under a roof and have enough to eat healthy every day.
That’s a good goal. But it’s also fair to expect people to pay their own way.
Arguably an ‘elite athlete’ is just an extreme hobbyist. And again, a hobby is not a job. If you can get someone to pay you for it, bully for you, but i personally don’t want my taxes paying for some randomer to run harder/better/faster/stronger than some other randomer.
bike lanes should be made for normal people too, I’m not a cyclist but I would prefer cycling over sitting in a gas fume filled metal can that’s stuck in traffic
I would think being an elite athlete is way beyond just a hobby.
Running a few laps around the field every day, yes a hobby. Being faster or able to run farther than 95% of the Australian population, that’s way beyond hobby levels.
Why don’t I get paid for professionally posting on Lemmy? Why don’t I get paid for professionally sitting on my couch?
Just because you’re doing something doesn’t mean you should be paid for it.
Athletes aren’t paid very little because of being oppressed. They are paid very little because of their work being of very little (if any) worth.
That can be extended to anything that isn’t practical or useful, what I’m saying isn’t that you should be paid for sitting on your couch specifically, what I’m saying is that you should have enough money to cover your needs even if your job is creating very abstract art, being a professional swimmer, or an artificial one like managing a manager.
You want a universal basic income then. I also want that to happen, as it will allow more people to chase their dream career while being able to afford to live.
Who is responsible for providing for people who choose not to contribute?
I’m not working away all day when I could be persuing a hobby and still getting paid just so someone else can persue a hobby and get paid
I’m not talking about luxuries or even a comfortable life, I just think that everyone should have enough to live under a roof and have enough to eat healthy every day.
That’s a good goal. But it’s also fair to expect people to pay their own way.
Arguably an ‘elite athlete’ is just an extreme hobbyist. And again, a hobby is not a job. If you can get someone to pay you for it, bully for you, but i personally don’t want my taxes paying for some randomer to run harder/better/faster/stronger than some other randomer.
Give me bike lanes!
bike lanes should be made for normal people too, I’m not a cyclist but I would prefer cycling over sitting in a gas fume filled metal can that’s stuck in traffic
A good bike lane is a real joy and normally a huge asset to its population. Here’s hoping for more, wherever you are, friend.
Then get a proper job
I would think being an elite athlete is way beyond just a hobby.
Running a few laps around the field every day, yes a hobby. Being faster or able to run farther than 95% of the Australian population, that’s way beyond hobby levels.
These are activities that only exist for the sake of the participants and are not financially self-sufficient
They may be super intense hobbies, but if they aren’t jobs or charitable services, they are still hobbies