Re:The Death of the Middle-Class Musician
by DangitBobby on Sunday June 29, 2025 @03:01PM
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It's sounds like you are trying to draw it to be as absurd as possible to reduce the proposition to something ridiculous.
Re:The Death of the Middle-Class Musician
by osigurdson on Sunday June 29, 2025 @03:44PM
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It is hard to say "I want UBI because inequality" and then fail to recognize this.
What they are really saying is "I don't want anyone to be richer than I am but fine with people being poorer". So the default human position on things.
Re:The Death of the Middle-Class Musician
by Workaccount2 on Sunday June 29, 2025 @03:22PM
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What would be absurd about a global UBI? It's amazing how fast people jump off the high horse of equality when you point out that on a global scale they are incredibly rich and privileged.
Equality to them means them getting more material goods, not them giving up more material goods.
Re:The Death of the Middle-Class Musician
by lifeformed on Sunday June 29, 2025 @11:42PM
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It's about impracticality, not morality. It doesn't make feasible sense to fix the whole world's economy in one go. And we shouldn't let imperfection get in the way of progress.
Re:The Death of the Middle-Class Musician
by osigurdson on Monday June 30, 2025 @10:00AM
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Just identify one poor country that isn't very corrupt and start sending UBI money to it first.
Of course people usually try to draw the UBI Venn diagram such that they are a net receiver of funds.