Re:The Spaceballs Argument for Unconditional Basic Income
by dktoao on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @03:09PM
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Yes, that is the process of "civilization" that he is talking about in the article. I'm starting to think that some of these comments are generated by someone typing "Give me a really generic conservative argument against UBI" into ChatGPT.
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Re:The Spaceballs Argument for Unconditional Basic Income
by kodyo on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @03:15PM
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The arguments for it aren't impressive either.
Re:The Spaceballs Argument for Unconditional Basic Income
by dktoao on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @03:20PM
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What arguments for it? I scanned this entire thread and I don't see a single one.
Re:The Spaceballs Argument for Unconditional Basic Income
by kodyo on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @03:23PM
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Google it.
Re:The Spaceballs Argument for Unconditional Basic Income
by dktoao on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @03:34PM
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Ok, I'm almost convinced now that I am arguing with a ChatGPT bot. An actual human would know that given the context of the conversation this is a non-sense answer. No shit I can scour the internet for bad takes on any subject, wow, what a revelation!
Re:The Spaceballs Argument for Unconditional Basic Income
by andorov on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @04:00PM
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I'm not presenting an argument against UBI - I am pointing out that his argument is flawed.
Small tribes of humans defending hunting/foraging grounds is a state of pre-civilization. Life required work then too, and things were worse. His premise is that things used to be better and we've made it worse. Hard disagree.