Re:Germany begins 3-year universal-basic-income trial
by Alupis on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @06:52PM
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Maybe I mispoke my point.
It wasn't that 40 years of policy won't be enough to convince people to trust in said policy - it's the "promise" of a 40 year policy that isn't enough to convince people to trust in said policy.
Just telling people to trust the policy will be held strong for a least the next 40 years will not automatically convince people to quit their jobs and all the other possible outcomes of UBI. People who've grown up and spent a major portion of their life without UBI will likely remain skeptical, and mostly will not depend wholly on it for income.
Rather, it will, possibly take a generation of people growing up with UBI all their life before we start to see the actual societal changes UBI might affect. By then, it might be too late to make a change since there will be a generation of people who've come to depend on the government's hand for their basic needs.
It wasn't that 40 years of policy won't be enough to convince people to trust in said policy - it's the "promise" of a 40 year policy that isn't enough to convince people to trust in said policy.
Just telling people to trust the policy will be held strong for a least the next 40 years will not automatically convince people to quit their jobs and all the other possible outcomes of UBI. People who've grown up and spent a major portion of their life without UBI will likely remain skeptical, and mostly will not depend wholly on it for income.
Rather, it will, possibly take a generation of people growing up with UBI all their life before we start to see the actual societal changes UBI might affect. By then, it might be too late to make a change since there will be a generation of people who've come to depend on the government's hand for their basic needs.