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Re:Basic income would not reduce people’s willingness to work by tekknik on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @12:35AM (#29975514)
So if there are no golfers, then why are the groundskeepers making so much? Golfing gets more expensive because you have to pay the lawn mowers literally sitting on a vehicle all day, so less people do it, then the groundskeeper is out of a job? Now what?
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Re:Basic income would not reduce people’s willingness to work by CraigJPerry on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @03:46AM (#29976650)
>> So if there are no golfers

Why are there no golfers? If everyone has basic needs met, shelter, basic food, healthcare, you’re telling me no one is going to make use of some time to go play some golf? Why?

>> why are the groundskeepers making so much?

Golf courses dont magic out of thin air, ubi can do a lot but it’s not magic. You’re going to have to pay someone enough that they choose to specialise then take on that career. They’re going to need capital for equipment etc etc but there’s a lot of people would like to play golf. A golf club won’t look anything like those of today though. Ubi would have such a drastic change in society given sufficient time that perhaps even the game of golf itself would change.

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Re:Basic income would not reduce people’s willingness to work by tekknik on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @10:41AM (#29980760)
> Why are there no golfers?

I explained why, read it again. And golf is not a basic need, it’s entertainment. Which in hard times nobody pays for. You’re gonna choose golf over eating?

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Re:Basic income would not reduce people’s willingness to work by CraigJPerry on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @11:17AM (#29981371)
>> If everyone has basic needs met, shelter, basic food

>> You’re gonna choose golf over eating?

Why?

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Re:Basic income would not reduce people’s willingness to work by tekknik on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @10:37AM (#29994962)
Read it again, i explained already.
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