Re:The Spaceballs Argument for Unconditional Basic Income
by yunwal on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @03:39PM
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Thank you, someone had to mention it. Violence is part of natural law. The natural state of the world says you can’t hoard more resources than you can protect. Without a government monopoly on violence, billionaires get killed and their riches get plundered.
Peace. That's what poor people stop giving once they feel too poor compared to non-poor. No, this is not a value statement, but an objective observation about human nature. I do not expect anyone to like it (I do not like it), but not accepting it as a fact is... delusional might be a proper word?
After you accept that it is good for you to keep poor not too poor, you likely start wondering how to be efficient about keeping the poor not too poor, and afger that you end up somewhere very close to UBI.