Rentierism is definitely not proportional to sustainable energy in its purest and truthful form, but it accompanies us, since the economic inception of civilization (Sumer). Our civilization does not perform according the moral laws of the cosmic universe.
I think immortality is unlikely in any concrete sense, unless the example is abstract.
Regads!
TANSTAAFL would be nice (11th commandment) ! The empirical evolution of every social system provides for gaps in free riding. The eldest type of free rider in human history is the rentier, who consumes unearned income; your question also refers to the invisible hand of Adam Smith and the emptying of our pockets by unfair taxation. Homo homini lupus est ! This is unfair against the wolves, who are caring and not free riding animals. As long as something is legal, it is allowed. The law and morality cannot be disconnected.
Who defines "free" Prof !!!
I who gets free or I who can give free (for which I have to work !!) . I am strong believer of : "Energy of conservation (leading to momentum) ". (Energy )It cannot be created nor destroyed but converted from one form to another , in every domain and all aspects (Sorry I am harsh )
PS- Morality is proportional to sustainable energy in its purest and truthful form ...
Rentierism is definitely not proportional to sustainable energy in its purest and truthful form, but it accompanies us, since the economic inception of civilization (Sumer). Our civilization does not perform according the moral laws of the cosmic universe.
I think that "to be a free rider" is not only immoral, but simply disgusting. In my understanding, this is "To Live on a Freebie". There is also a Russian saying "на чужом горбу в рай въехать" or in the English interpretation "to use someone else's hard work in their own interests". For example, Keitel's phrase is widely known:
"How ?!" And these also defeated us, damn it?"
when he saw France among the signatories of the act of unconditional surrender of Germany.
I agree, society and state relation is always an issue of balance that is already outlined Prof Ternyik !!!
Can this guide us on a path of morality may be , again should the rich countries always give to the poor - how long ???
Resources are used by the rich (any country - truth be told ) .
As I said conservation is close to ideals of morality :)
I perfectly agree with Prof. Gennady. Why should you grab and use, as it were, the toil of others and think it is free? Its just immorally disgusting! Serious and morally driven humans will never take a free ride that puts the issuer of the original in jeopardy.
I'm not sure I understood correctly what a "free rider" is.
But given that I have read the comments, I hope that I understood the question correctly.
I agree with the opinion of C. Lewis Kausel and Gennady Fedulov.
I would like to note that sometimes there is a situation when in a given country for economic and political reasons a person is forced to become a "free rider". His mind, talent, ability can be absolutely not claimed. In this case, if he has money, then he lives on them, doing nothing for society. Either he is looking for applications to his abilities in another country, if possible. Or he .... (many options).
The correct answer to the question depends on the context (set of various factors necessary for understanding, explaining some phenomenon of reality).
I will give you an example when a woman who considers herself a writer and a specialist in NLP is a "free rider"? is she probably a "free rider"?
Read it!
Diane Balyko.
365 + 1 rule of NLP for every day of the happy year. Moscow. Eksmo. 416 р.
https://bookz.ru/authors/diana-baliko/365--1-_993/1-365--1-_993.html
Диана Балыко.
365 + 1 правило НЛП на каждый день счастливого года. М.: Экспо. 416 с.
I quote:
"4. Selfishness is the motor for happiness.
What do you think, why did your mother give birth to you? For happiness? No matter how it is. Mom selfishly gave birth to you for yourself! That it was someone in her old age to give her water.
What do you think the state taught you for? That you know the light of science? Nonsense! The state was wasted on you to form a convenient cog and screw you in the right place, so that a well-functioning machine would continue to function properly.
What do you think, why did your partner decide to create a family with you? Because I loved and could not live without you? Do not make me laugh! Look the truth in the face and honestly answer this question!
And how to live after all this? ..
If you are NLPer, then you will live happily. But the main thing is that you must live for yourself! To hell with enslaving morals about the sense of duty, responsibility for those we have tamed, gratitude for being reproduced, taught and married (as an option married to yourself)! All this is cruel manipulation with our consciousness.
Respect, gratitude, duty are unnatural. In nature, there are only two concepts - "useful" and "harmful." Everything that is useful for you - you do with pleasure. The rest you send to the devil. You do not owe anything to anyone! But, strangely enough, and you, too, no one should do anything. Here such piece.
5. If you can not do this, but I really want to do it, then you can do it
Conscience is a joint message, good news, one that brings everything into harmony and balances the psycho-emotional state of a person.
I help people because I WANT so, and not because I should. I'll stop wanting - I'll stop helping. From my life position, many twist their noses, but they themselves do not help others (they do not go to the oncological center or to the children's home): they say that neither time, nor money, nor health, nor moral strengths themselves. And I know for sure that the desire gives thousands of opportunities, and reluctance - thousands of reasons!
I do everything good for myself and do not believe that someone is the other way around.
I give gifts to rejoice: first - while I choose, and after - along with their recipients. I do not prepare delicacies for my husband, but for our joint co-production. I was always at school was an excellent pupil not for parents to be proud of me, but for me to respect myself ... And so far. I am my strictest internal censor.
Discourse on morals leave politicians and priests. For yourself, put morality in the forefront. And live according to its laws. Be immoral (аморален), but moral ( нравственен!)! ( Будь аморален, но нравственен! ) Do only what you really want, but let your conscience sit on your right shoulder."
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- Note: in Russian, morality (МОРАЛЬ) and morality (НРАВСТВЕННОСТЬ) are synonyms, but in a number of philosophical systems the concept of morality (мораль) is separated from morality (нравственности). Morality (Нравственность) is the moral quality of a person, certain rules that guide people in their choice. Morals (МОРАЛЬ) - generally accepted traditions, unspoken rules) - accepted in society concepts of good and bad, right and wrong, good and evil, as well as the set of norms of behavior resulting from these concepts.
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Does this woman (who considers herself a writer and a specialist in NLP?
I beg your pardon. She, in my opinion, is not even a "free rider," she is a "free eagle", "free horse," "free whale," or other animal...
The issue of immoral is a mindset. Being a free rider is being an opportunist. It is immoral to ride on someones benevolence.
As many have suggested, freeloading, or being a parasite, is immoral in general, because you are depriving someone else of whatever assets belong to them, doesn't have to be money, it also be time and effort, aggravation, what have you, to meet your own needs. Without compensation. And this is to avoid any effort on your part. It's just like stealing. Is stealing immoral? In general, sure!
There are, of course, nuances, such as someone's ability to contribute, age, and so on.
Things like abusing the environment, waste, vandalism, of course any kind of theft, all fit in this category, I believe, because in every case, someone else has to pay to correct what you damaged or destroyed.
@Senad Becirovic
@András Bozsik
RE: What is a free rider?
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/free-rider
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-rider_problem
On RG, for example, a free rider would be someone who relies on others to put in the effort to provide very basic information when he or she could've just made the effort to google it for themselves.
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