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Re:If You Think Basic Income Is “Free Money” or Socialism, T... by flotillo on Saturday October 28, 2017 @07:38AM (#15574803)
> So then, why would I work hard to become rich

Why do you think that working hard will make you rich? For the vast majority of people, this isn't the case at all.

Let's not revere the rich. Most of them acquired their wealth through a mixture of luck, unethical behaviour, and corruption.

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Re:If You Think Basic Income Is “Free Money” or Socialism, T... by mmjaa on Saturday October 28, 2017 @11:11AM (#15575368)
No, this is incorrect, and you are clearly inexperienced on the subject of being poor, or rich. Perhaps somewhere in between?

I started off poor. I worked very hard. I'm much richer now as a result of it. Nobody will ever take that away from me.

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Re:If You Think Basic Income Is “Free Money” or Socialism, T... by flotillo on Saturday October 28, 2017 @11:49AM (#15575499)
Your experience is not universal, and you are lucky that your work resulted in you becoming considerably richer.
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Re:If You Think Basic Income Is “Free Money” or Socialism, T... by mmjaa on Sunday October 29, 2017 @04:21PM (#15581192)
>the vast majority of people

The vast majority of the rich people I know started out poor. I believe this is the case for the majority of the wealthy in the western world too.

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