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Re:America’s Professional Elite: Wealthy, Successful and Mis... by mikeash on Thursday February 21, 2019 @04:23PM (#19220704)
Seems like that shows why UBI could work. The worry with UBI is that a ton of people just check out of the workforce forever once it’s no longer necessary in order to eat. If in fact most people want to work because they need purpose in their lives, that seems to indicate that this won’t happen.
Re:America’s Professional Elite: Wealthy, Successful and Mis... by Spooky23 on Friday February 22, 2019 @09:26AM (#19225544)
When they did stuff like this during the great society era, it flopped.

People need support to thrive. Throwing a few bucks at people doesn’t nurture them by itself.