Are deliberately unemployed people a drain on society?

[H. Ross Peron]

I personal think that such people should have access to food and other basic necessities, at the same time they're not only a drain on society, they are also destroying their own life, and I as socialist think we do everything to force with all means them to become productive members of society for their own good.

This basically.

[H. Ross Peron]

to force with all means them to become productive members of society for their own good.

This is disgusting.

I don't think ingemann meant forcing people to work at the point of a gun but rather recognizing that its psychologically unhealthy to lead a dissipated life. Ideally guaranteeing the basic necessities of life should encourage more volunteer/humanitarian work now then material concerns are far less pressing.