/r/antiwork: A tragedy of sanewashing and social gentrification

Re:/r/antiwork: A tragedy of sanewashing and social gentrifi... by gruez on Monday February 07, 2022 @08:54PM (#30254046)

I'm skeptical you can actually "avoid the bureaucracy" with UBI. At the end of the day there will still be people who need more aid than the standard UBI can provide (eg. people with mental/physical disabilities). We can't realistically let them fend for themselves, so you still need the bureaucracy to manage those people.

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Re:/r/antiwork: A tragedy of sanewashing and social gentrifi... by totony on Monday February 07, 2022 @10:55PM (#30254753)

In an ideal world you would subsidize mental/physical assistance instead of giving them more money. It's both easier to do and fairer to those affected.

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Re:/r/antiwork: A tragedy of sanewashing and social gentrifi... by giantg2 on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @07:24AM (#30257603)

Yeah... letting the companies that provide those services, making a profit from them, determine who qualifies is probably going to rife with fraud and abuse. At best, you end up with inflated costs due to there being little incentivize keeping costs down, like we see with student loans and college.

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Re:/r/antiwork: A tragedy of sanewashing and social gentrifi... by totony on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @10:15AM (#30259322)

A lot of countries nationalised these services since they're essential. Nothing stops the US from doing the same.

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Re:/r/antiwork: A tragedy of sanewashing and social gentrifi... by giantg2 on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @12:39PM (#30261577)

That's not what the proposal is suggesting, and not really part of most UBI proposals.

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