U.S. billionaires worry about the survival of the system that made them rich

Re:U.S. billionaires worry about the survival of the system ... by enitihas on Sunday April 21, 2019 @12:10PM (#19712728)

I think this is the same point that Harari makes in "21 lessons for the 21st century" i.e democracy became important simultaneously with the work of people being important along with the industrial revolution. Nations needed a happy population as a happy population was the ultimate source of economic output as well as an army. If more and more economic output doesn't involve humans, humans can't use a lot of existing tactics to bring about a change. Also, if most people are getting by well on an UBI, would people even be anymore interested in politics, since jobs are currently an important issue in any election.

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Re:U.S. billionaires worry about the survival of the system ... by vageli on Sunday April 21, 2019 @12:19PM (#19712794)

> Also, if most people are getting by well on an UBI, would people even be anymore interested in politics, since jobs are currently an important issue in any election.

One possible counter is that people may have more free time to spend engaging in politics. Once one need is satisfied attention will inevitably shift. Mazlow's hierarchy and all that.

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Re:U.S. billionaires worry about the survival of the system ... by enraged_camel on Sunday April 21, 2019 @12:25PM (#19712842)

>>Also, if most people are getting by well on an UBI, would people even be anymore interested in politics, since jobs are currently an important issue in any election.

One of the main reasons people give when I ask them why they don’t pay attention to politics is that they don’t have any time or energy or willpower left to do so after working 40+ hours a week doing largely meaningless, soul-crushing tasks.

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