Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0
by HPsquared on Thursday July 30, 2020 @05:39AM
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It's the difference between being 'poor' and merely 'broke'.
Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0
by marcus_holmes on Thursday July 30, 2020 @08:14AM
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I think you're probably right.
Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0
by darkerside on Thursday July 30, 2020 @06:49AM
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How long were you poor for, and how did you get out? And what was your prior educational history? I think it's awesome that you were able to do so and that you have and had a resilient mindset about it. I don't think everyone in that boat necessarily fares so well. But I'm open to being educated.
Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0
by marcus_holmes on Thursday July 30, 2020 @08:14AM
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True. I've had an expensive education, and always saw it as a temporary setback. I didn't use that education to work my way out of it (that was manual labouring on a construction site for cash in hand). But I also didn't immediately spend that cash in hand on beer and smokes like many of my contemporaries.
I'm less afraid of poverty now. More able to take risks. Less afraid of "losing what I worked so hard to get".
I think what you're talking about is "the underclass" - people who have no experience of earning a wage and have lived off government benefits for multiple generations. They definitely have a different attitude to life.