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Re:Finland’s Basic Income Experiment Shows Recipients Are Ha... by kingkawn on Thursday April 04, 2019 @08:19AM (#19571267)
The gift of ubi is society saying, “we are here to help you without compelling you to contribute in any specific way. But if you don’t contribute in some way, we may lose the ability to help people. here and now is your chance to choose for yourself how to keep the world afloat and vibrant. You have our support. We are looking forward to seeing how you choose to support the world in turn.”
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Re:Finland’s Basic Income Experiment Shows Recipients Are Ha... by ams6110 on Thursday April 04, 2019 @08:24AM (#19571305)
Honestly I think about 5% of people will be motivated by that sentiment.
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Re:Finland’s Basic Income Experiment Shows Recipients Are Ha... by kingkawn on Thursday April 04, 2019 @09:33AM (#19572056)
Probably more than the number of people who feel deeply motivated under the current setup.
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Re:Finland’s Basic Income Experiment Shows Recipients Are Ha... by 0-_-0 on Thursday April 04, 2019 @08:30AM (#19571367)
I believe the "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" approach has already been tried many times over the world in the 20th century and failed every single time. As E. O. Wilson (a world leading expert in studying ants) said about communism/socialism: “Great Idea. Wrong Species.”
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Re:Finland’s Basic Income Experiment Shows Recipients Are Ha... by kingkawn on Thursday April 04, 2019 @09:32AM (#19572048)
Those systems viciously enforced a centralized vision of what each person should do. This is not that, this is true autonomy.
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