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Re:Many people in finance, sales and management feel their j... by ryandrake on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @02:06PM (#36974588)
I think the UBI argument is that the cost of those shit-digging jobs will have to significantly rise to the actual price of finding someone willing to do them.

If I have to do work or starve, maybe I'm willing to dig shit for $15/hr.

If nobody has to do work to survive, suddenly you have to shell out $300/hr to motivate someone to do it.

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Re:Many people in finance, sales and management feel their j... by dudeinhawaii on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @03:44PM (#36976169)
That's a good point. My hope would be that AI/Robotics would automate away the shit jobs and the toil-work.
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