Re:Sam Altman and Andrew Yang talk UBI
by paulddraper on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @04:06PM
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> So you are saying that we should feel like monarchs
18th century monarchs, yes. (Not 21st century monarchs.)
> hardly even afford healthcare in many cases
Better than leeches though.
> they probably won't have a pension
The reason that's a problem is precisely because health is good.
> hey have to hand over half of their salary to various land lords
Most adults in the U.S. own their own home (modulo mortgage...but even very wealthy people still choose to take mortgages for yet bigger houses). And expensive housing is generally driven voluntary by urbanization.
If you offered me the choice of life as King George III or the average American, I would choose the latter.
I would argue that many people nowadays feel more like slaves than monarchs since they can hardly even afford healthcare in many cases, they probably won't have a pension due to current demographics, they have to hand over half of their salary to various land lords, tax lords, pension lords, healthcare lords and other various fee lords.
True, It does feel like Feedalism again, but for many not from position of monarchs but serfs.