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Re:You Are Not Your Job by slopinthebag on Monday March 23, 2026 @02:24AM (#47486021)
UBI just inflates the currency. What will hopefully end up happening is that displaced workers can do jobs which aren't economically viable atm, but are still socially viable: Imagine an army of workers cleaning up the streets (literally) and transforming your town into a clean, well maintained cityscape. Etc etc.
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Re:You Are Not Your Job by WesolyKubeczek on Monday March 23, 2026 @05:26AM (#47487076)
IMO this cannot work unless there is enforcement to do such work. Most people would prefer to take their money and do fuck all in return.

If I was a dictator that wanted to institute UBI, I would do it in exchange for every beneficient getting literally conscripted once in a while to do those shit jobs.

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