An experiment in giving cash to recently homeless people [video]

Re:An experiment in giving cash to recently homeless people ... by rowanG077 on Friday February 12, 2021 @08:31PM (#26120639)

And for as long as we had human history we had to work to survive. Also I'm not saying there would be no art. I'm saying the quantity of people doing art would sharply decrease.

There is nothing wrong with playing video games all day. Except that in general it doesn't truly make people happy. I would say its a local maximum.

Attracting a mate is allready too hard for many people right now. Going jobless and ensuring a lot of people will never find a reason to belong will probably that issue only worse.

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Re:An experiment in giving cash to recently homeless people ... by solosoyokaze on Friday February 12, 2021 @08:35PM (#26120668)

I disagree that the majority of jobs give people happiness or a reason to live. Like you say, it's been a necessity for all of human history to work. Only now it's not, which is why so much work is meaningless.

Alleviating the threat of death due to unemployment is going to be a positive for most people.

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Re:An experiment in giving cash to recently homeless people ... by rowanG077 on Friday February 12, 2021 @08:45PM (#26120713)

You don't need UBI for "Alleviating the threat of death due to unemployment". You can have welfare systems that encourage you do get a job and only pay the minimum for you to live. These systems allready exists in some countries.

That's not what UBI is about.

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Re:An experiment in giving cash to recently homeless people ... by solosoyokaze on Friday February 12, 2021 @08:52PM (#26120757)

It’s definitely part of what it’s about. No one should have to struggle to survive or work an exploitative job.

I think that’s where we’re at as a species. We should be able to provide baseline survival to all.

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