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Re:Basic income plan clearly rejected by Swiss voters by nickik on Sunday June 05, 2016 @11:02AM (#11841302)
Because hackers tend to believe in the idea that automation and advanced AI causes a reduction of jobs and the destruction of middle class. This leads to a lot of rich people who control the AI and robots and a lot of poor who can't find jobs.

To counteract this, Basic income is a good idea because it allows for low risk job switching, furthering education and a small bureaucracy but extensive social safety net.

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Re:Basic income plan clearly rejected by Swiss voters by PunchTornado on Sunday June 05, 2016 @05:01PM (#11843101)
Some say UBI has no connection to technology. It is just about eliminating welfare administrative costs and making people contribute to their communities in other ways.
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Re:Basic income plan clearly rejected by Swiss voters by lisivka on Sunday June 05, 2016 @06:29PM (#11843483)
am pridem, ex quo suffragia nulli uendimus, effudit curas; nam qui dabat olim imperium, fasces, legiones, omnia, nunc se continet atque duas tantum res anxius optat, panem et circenses.
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Re:Basic income plan clearly rejected by Swiss voters by formula_ninguna on Monday June 06, 2016 @02:56AM (#11845097)
Exactly. Most hackers are in the middle class. Hence, whether you'll get basic income or not, you'll still move in the low class then, won't you?
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