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Re:Universal Basic Income Is Not a Road to Communism by BenjiWiebe on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @09:23PM (#45677162)
Aren't those that want to work, already working? And those that don't want to work but are doing the bare minimum to keep their job are still accomplishing something.

So only keeping the motivated people would make net production go down, I'd think.

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Re:Universal Basic Income Is Not a Road to Communism by sjw987 on Thursday October 23, 2025 @04:41AM (#45679641)
Not at all. Many people who want to work cannot find work and many (maybe most) people haven't found work they enjoy but do want to work.

Those who are working the bare minimum in many cases are holding back efficiency where somebody more enthusiastic would be working in their place.

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