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Re:Driverless buses hit the streets of Sion by nojvek on Sunday May 15, 2016 @01:34AM (#11699587)
I don't really think working 3-4 hours for a majority of population will ever become a reality. The biggest expense the working class have is usually rent/mortgage.

If everyone makes good money then the prices are guaranteed to go up. This is the biggest flaw that I also find with guaranteed basic income. At the end it will always sucked slowly up with those who own the land.

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Re:Driverless buses hit the streets of Sion by icebraining on Sunday May 15, 2016 @05:41AM (#11700169)
Thing is, land is expensive in cities, because everyone must live there. If you're free to move to anywhere you want without losing your income, suddenly the city landlords are competing with vast amounts of very cheap land.

(Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fan of the Land monopoly, but I don't think it's a real threat to UBI)

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Re:Driverless buses hit the streets of Sion by loup-vaillant on Sunday May 15, 2016 @05:46AM (#11700182)
This will only happen if we keep up with the current insanity that is corporate capitalism. There must be other ways. We could freeze prices for instance.

If we don't find a solution, inequality will rise until we get a violent revolution, or a police state to keep the poor in check. I think neither of these outcomes is much better than the "communism" we got in the USSR.

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