"The world doesn't owe you a living"

You know that's true, and actually,
i've never thought that the world did owe me a living.
The world neither knows, nor cares.
I hate that phrase.
It pre-supposes that there are some sorts of living
Worthy of reward.
That by their labours create a debt,
that life owes some stipend.
In reality the world - nature - gives us all life
and provides life to all, all around us.
Food, air, water, shelter
is all around us.
But not open to us.
For it has been decided
that the food, land, and what grows on it;
the water, and no doubt soon the air itself
are property.
Which we must purchase from,
naturally, the people who tell us that the world doesn't owe us a living.