Re:Universal Basic Income Is Silicon Valley’s Latest Scam
by DecayingOrganic on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @08:11PM
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This article seems to make the argument:
Premise 1: There's this big problem of inequality
Premise 2: UBI is not a perfect solution for solving this inequality
Therefore, probably,
Conclusion: We should reject this solution
This is called Nirvana fallacy [0], also known as the perfect solution fallacy. For example: "Seat belts are a bad idea. People are still going to die in car crashes."
Premise 1: There's this big problem of inequality
Premise 2: UBI is not a perfect solution for solving this inequality
Therefore, probably,
Conclusion: We should reject this solution
This is called Nirvana fallacy [0], also known as the perfect solution fallacy. For example: "Seat belts are a bad idea. People are still going to die in car crashes."
[0]: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Nirvana_fallacy