Re:Why a Universal Basic Income Would Be a Calamity
by coldtea on Sunday August 20, 2017 @07:29PM
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>I wouldn't be surprised if that has been said 100 years ago before.
Well, a turkey predicting death would get shunned by other turkeys every time the farmer just comes and feeds them. And then Thankgiving comes and it turns out that turkey was right.
Failure of something to happen in the past is not really a good way to predict whether it happen in the future. The similarities between periods don't tell us anything at all without considering the differences.
Back then there was still factory jobs (the second wave of industrialization) and tons of services jobs (which made most of the population into office and service workers). Both of those are things that are now being automated away. So where exactly do you see those jobs being created?
Well, a turkey predicting death would get shunned by other turkeys every time the farmer just comes and feeds them. And then Thankgiving comes and it turns out that turkey was right.
Failure of something to happen in the past is not really a good way to predict whether it happen in the future. The similarities between periods don't tell us anything at all without considering the differences.
Back then there was still factory jobs (the second wave of industrialization) and tons of services jobs (which made most of the population into office and service workers). Both of those are things that are now being automated away. So where exactly do you see those jobs being created?