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Re:Stockton extends its monthly $500 UBI payment experiment by Avicebron on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @03:07PM (#23394877)
It's not impossible that those companies would try, but it's not impossible that strict legal action could prevent it at least in theory. I think that if we just acknowledge markets don't care about the welfare of people than we have a commonly agreed upon problem. Should it be morally acceptable to put our hands up and say, luck of the draw, some will die deep in medical debt and others get to become horrendously wealthy. As a species I hope we have progressed enough to move past that base thinking.
Re:Stockton extends its monthly $500 UBI payment experiment by jandrese on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @03:18PM (#23395031)
Strict legal action can't prevent them from being undercut by foreign competitors.
Re:Stockton extends its monthly $500 UBI payment experiment by Avicebron on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @03:23PM (#23395091)
I'm not saying that there wouldn't have to be other changes to manufacturing practices, import and tariff practices, but I think the framework we go into the problem with. E.G. are people important or our markets important makes a difference in how someone comes up with a solution.