re: So Idiocracy really is a documentary

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many of the wealthiest people in the world literally don’t have to work a day in their entire live

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Invalid point.

What does that have to do with owning the rights to someones labor in a legal sense?

Just more progressive jealousy.

If you had your way, the US would resemble a giant prison. No responsibility, no thinking involved, the government feeds, clothes, takes care of your health...

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Even pack animals don’t behave in an “every man for himself

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Thats why they're a pack animal. Durr

You are putting words in my mouth and trying to pigeon hole me. Just argue against what I said, not the idea of me or what you erroneously think I am/represent.

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You are putting words in my mouth and trying to pigeon hole me

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Not at all. You are what you are.

Individualism seeks self actualization. Progressives are stuck on physiological, and safety/security.

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So in a hunter/gatherer situation, if someone breaks their leg hunting, should they just be left to die? What about Jim Bob that breaks his leg at the plant?

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The things that you’ve said using this example imply that Jim Bob will heal and begin to contribute again. I have no problem with charity in those cases. Our society has created an entire class of people who are being helped incessantly and have no plans to ever contribute. As a matter of fact, they aren’t just being helped, they’re being rewarded for contributing nothing more than offspring who will continue that behavior.

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We shouldn't let people starve but they should be eating government cheese and baloney, not shopping at Publix with our tax $$$.

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And Universal income for the nonworking should be seen as evil a tool as slavery.

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We aren’t just going to let someone starve to death because they got injured or are too old to work.

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Nor should we, but these aren’t the people we’re talking about. The group I described earlier are the ones that you aren’t addressing.

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most people have cooperated to make laws

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Laws require enforcement, which requires violence.

You would use violence to force people to provide labor. That's pretty shitty.

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phrase it however you wish, a person who is unable to contribute because they are too old, injured, etc, should be cared for. And that care shouldn’t be left up to the voluntary whim of those around them.

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For the entire history of mankind this has been expected to be provided for by the family. It wasn’t until recently we excepted the state to start doing this.

You talk a lot about collective care for individuals in society, but with that care came expectations and social requirements. You weren’t allowed to be a dead beat dad. You weren’t allowed to be lazy and still reap the benefits of everyone else. If you were a societal leach, you were dealt with and, ultimately, expelled to fend for yourself.

Collective care works when there is a shared foundation of morals, principals, and agreed upon acceptable behaviors.

Then the neighbors, extended family, and ultimately charities have always served that role.