Re:Can Universal Basic Income Transform Society?
by jakelazaroff on Wednesday July 17, 2024 @09:10AM
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The same thing as any other labor shortage? Employers offer more money, and people who want that money apply for those jobs?
Re:Can Universal Basic Income Transform Society?
by tempfile on Wednesday July 17, 2024 @10:46AM
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How is society supposed to function without an underclass of poor and unhealthy wage slaves?
Re:Can Universal Basic Income Transform Society?
by shrimp_emoji on Wednesday July 17, 2024 @10:50AM
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Yeah! Who's gonna deliver my groceries?!
Re:Can Universal Basic Income Transform Society?
by ziggyzecat on Thursday July 18, 2024 @04:28AM
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I recommend Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash ... tl;dr: guys with katanas and kids on skateboards with really cool tires and grappling hooks ^^
Re:Can Universal Basic Income Transform Society?
by ziggyzecat on Thursday July 18, 2024 @04:24AM
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that's exactly how! self-interest. being lazy is always up there as an option. some people button-mash that shit the minute they wake up. and not all of them are poor, unhappy, unhealthy. it's usually only when other people feel the need to remind them that they can press pause and the check the list of available commands to which they usually answer something like: "no shit, sherlock", that they suddenly feel inadequate and stressed.
Re:Can Universal Basic Income Transform Society?
by johanneskanybal on Wednesday July 17, 2024 @09:39AM
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Yes, that’s a feature. But it’s also discussed in the context of AI creating a massive/total job shortage. The timing is the tricky part, as job shortage grows maybe it would even mean lower minimum wage.
Re:Can Universal Basic Income Transform Society?
by ziggyzecat on Wednesday July 17, 2024 @08:55AM
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i doubt that min wage workers will all quit, the extra money is what they need to live properly
Re:Can Universal Basic Income Transform Society?
by spywaregorilla on Wednesday July 17, 2024 @09:03AM
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Right now workers do those jobs, because if they don't, they will die or become destitute. If you change their incentive to be they can work an unpleasant job while rent and food is guaranteed, you're going to find that the marginal value of that 12 euros an hour has plummeted. It's not worth it to work a terrible minimum wage job if your basic needs are satisfied
Re:Can Universal Basic Income Transform Society?
by ziggyzecat on Wednesday July 17, 2024 @09:15AM
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it's still not enough to raise children, for example, or buy a car, or get more culture. you need that extra money and it will be easier doing that shitty job if you get enough time for variety and your bank account statement doesn't raise your stress levels.
Sounds to me like you've just created a massive labor shortage. What's next?