Those who receive benefits or any other kind of government aid are often accused of ’dependency’. 

This ignores our fundamental interdependency as human beings, where none of us grow all our own food, make our own clothes, pave our own roads, process our own garbage. 

But it also ignores that nothing creates dependency quite like being rich. Look at the life of a rich person and chances are about a dozen people are at work to cook their food, clean their house, maintain their garden, raise their children, drive their car, do their taxes and walk their dog while their personal assistant picks up all the other little details that need doing. 

But it’s the poor that are ‘dependent’.