Re:Most Data Work Seems Fundamentally Worthless
by IshKebab on Monday February 27, 2023 @01:32PM
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People don't object to UBI because they don't like the idea of people getting money for no work.
They dislike UBI because either
a) It's financially impossible. Assuming the basic income is "enough to live a basic life", say £1500/month in the UK, that is totally impossible.
b) They don't like the idea of people getting free money and not having to work when they do work. I mean you see that already with benefits/welfare, but UBI makes it more extreme.
Although obviously with UBI the people paying lots of taxes have the option of stopping work and moving somewhere cheap. Which is what a huge number of people would do, and the whole system would collapse.
But yeah, nobody is against a magical utopia where nobody has to work. They just know it can't exist.
They dislike UBI because either
a) It's financially impossible. Assuming the basic income is "enough to live a basic life", say £1500/month in the UK, that is totally impossible.
b) They don't like the idea of people getting free money and not having to work when they do work. I mean you see that already with benefits/welfare, but UBI makes it more extreme.
Although obviously with UBI the people paying lots of taxes have the option of stopping work and moving somewhere cheap. Which is what a huge number of people would do, and the whole system would collapse.
But yeah, nobody is against a magical utopia where nobody has to work. They just know it can't exist.