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Re:US says Saudi prince approved Khashoggi killing by AnimalMuppet on Friday February 26, 2021 @04:45PM (#26280213)
> Why force those people to work when automation will make it completely unnecessary?

Perhaps it will. It hasn't made it completely unnecessary yet, though. Somebody who can't work? I'm all for helping them. Someone who won't? Let them mooch off of someone that is not the taxpayer.

Re:US says Saudi prince approved Khashoggi killing by solosoyokaze on Friday February 26, 2021 @07:51PM (#26281638)
I see giving people their freedom as being worth more than forcing them to work. Take automation as a given. It's been a trend for decades.

No one consented to be born into a system where they are enslaved by capital holders. Consider that an artifact of bootstrapping humanity through the industrial revolution.

Re:US says Saudi prince approved Khashoggi killing by AnimalMuppet on Friday February 26, 2021 @11:03PM (#26282466)
> Take automation as a given. It's been a trend for decades.

I do not take automation as a given, because it is not yet able to produce all that we want. You're living in a dream world. That dream may one day be a reality; that day is not yet here.

> No one consented to be born into a system where they are enslaved by capital holders.

I did not consent to be taxed to pay for those who choose not to work, either.

Re:US says Saudi prince approved Khashoggi killing by solosoyokaze on Saturday February 27, 2021 @11:26AM (#26285824)
Automation and globalization have already decimated our workforce. It’s a reality we live in today.

> I did not consent to be taxed to pay for those who choose not to work, either.

If you support UBI you will also have the option to not work (and therefore pay no taxes). Really though unless you’re a billionaire I don’t think you have anything to worry about.