Re:Universal basic income seems to improve employment and we...
by me_me_me on Monday August 24, 2020 @05:24AM
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Because we want something more from life than mindless consumption.
Work can be fulfilling. If money is not a problem what is to stop you from doing something that interests you?
Being part of a community, learning some cool new skill.
The idea that everyone will become a zombie on UBI sound unfounded.
Yes there are useless destructive people out there, they thrive on misery and pain. Capitalism, UBI, Communism, neither will fix them. But why present them as a example of how system will fail.
What about next great artist that went into ad company and never took a chance to do their art.
Or a next great tinker or inventor stuck in some soul draining 5-9 in a factory buried under medical debt.
What about those who would have a chance to create something tenfold the value they create now?
Work can be fulfilling. If money is not a problem what is to stop you from doing something that interests you?
Being part of a community, learning some cool new skill.
The idea that everyone will become a zombie on UBI sound unfounded.
Yes there are useless destructive people out there, they thrive on misery and pain. Capitalism, UBI, Communism, neither will fix them. But why present them as a example of how system will fail.
What about next great artist that went into ad company and never took a chance to do their art.
Or a next great tinker or inventor stuck in some soul draining 5-9 in a factory buried under medical debt.
What about those who would have a chance to create something tenfold the value they create now?