Lifetime Earnings in the United States over Six Decades

Re:Lifetime Earnings in the United States over Six Decades by dbsmith83 on Friday May 28, 2021 @10:45AM (#27315936)

> It seems to me the increases of efficiency should allow all people a minimum quality life(...), no matter their contribution to society. I think this can turn people that are a strain on the system to contributors

How would they be contributors? I'm thinking maybe you mean that they will participate economically (buying stuff and making more babies). Is that really a good thing though, to have people who do nothing to contribute besides consume things--especially from a climate standpoint? It seems unnatural to me, because nature rewards competition, survival of the fittest, etc..

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Re:Lifetime Earnings in the United States over Six Decades by frankbreetz on Friday May 28, 2021 @11:23AM (#27316476)

no, I mean if someone doesn't have a place to live it will be harder for them to get a job or go to school to get skills to get a job. There is still competition if there isn't people dying in the streets

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Re:Lifetime Earnings in the United States over Six Decades by dbsmith83 on Friday May 28, 2021 @12:39PM (#27317531)

Ah ok, I misunderstood your point then. I had seen other discussions on HN about UBI and people proclaiming that it should be ok if people don't want to work at all

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