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Re:The Spaceballs Argument for Unconditional Basic Income by Yoric on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @04:04PM (#34344802)
True. Also, reciprocally, why would the 99% accept a governance structure where they get 0% of the governance?
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Re:The Spaceballs Argument for Unconditional Basic Income by fallingknife on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @08:27PM (#34347843)
If the 99% need the work of the 1% but the 1% do not need them, then they have no leverage and must accept what is offered.
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Re:The Spaceballs Argument for Unconditional Basic Income by falcor84 on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @08:42PM (#34347942)
Well, not that I'm advocating for it, but if 99% feel oppressed by 1%, you should expect a revolution.
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Re:The Spaceballs Argument for Unconditional Basic Income by fallingknife on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @10:54PM (#34348971)
The scenario here is one where 99% of people's jobs have been automated out, so I'm kind of assuming that there are tons of robots and the 1% are somehow necessary to control the robots. And then there can't really be a revolution because the 1% will just tell the killbots to kill the rebels.
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Re:The Spaceballs Argument for Unconditional Basic Income by Yoric on Thursday January 12, 2023 @04:43AM (#34351249)
Don't forget that violence is always a possible outcome.
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