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Re:A Solution for Loneliness: Get out and volunteer, researc... by Datenstrom on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @05:32PM (#19975289)
This is exactly what I propose to people who are against the idea of UBI and usually the reception to it is very positive.
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Re:A Solution for Loneliness: Get out and volunteer, researc... by luxcem on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @04:19AM (#19979047)
If this is contingent on public service it's not UBI. The essence of UBI is to be unconditional.
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Re:A Solution for Loneliness: Get out and volunteer, researc... by Datenstrom on Friday May 24, 2019 @09:47AM (#20001385)
True, I use that tact rather than starting an argument with someone who would definitely just leave without changing their mind and probably even more entrenched. That way hopefully at the end of the conversation some sort of progress has been made.
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Re:A Solution for Loneliness: Get out and volunteer, researc... by gph on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @12:49PM (#19983011)
...hence people against UBI responding positively to this. OP never said this was UBI.
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