Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic...
by Nursie on Thursday July 11, 2013 @01:15PM
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>> Sweet! None of us have to work anymore! Party at my place every night for life!
That's the point. With increasing automation we don't need to work.
>> It'll be nice to close all of the school's down and tell kids they can go home, play video games indefinitely, and never have to worry about their future again.
You have aspirations for more than a roof over your head and enough to eat though, right?
>> Hey boss, fuck you! Why? Because fuck you, that's why! What are you going to do about it? Fire me? Ha!
Yeah, if you still want the money we pay you, or you can go back to your subsistence wage. You won't starve on the street but there won't be any fancy vacations either.
>> Make sure to tax them high enough to pay for all of my house parties.
How are you funding these parties? Your basic income feeds, clothes and houses you, and little else.
>> Who wants to volunteer to clean my toilet and mow my lawn? Anyone? Even if I say thank you when you're done?
No, those would be jobs you still have to pay money to get done, because they're unpleasant.
In fact you'll probably have to pay more for those because they're unpleasant and people don't need the work as badly.
That's the point. With increasing automation we don't need to work.
>> It'll be nice to close all of the school's down and tell kids they can go home, play video games indefinitely, and never have to worry about their future again.
You have aspirations for more than a roof over your head and enough to eat though, right?
>> Hey boss, fuck you! Why? Because fuck you, that's why! What are you going to do about it? Fire me? Ha!
Yeah, if you still want the money we pay you, or you can go back to your subsistence wage. You won't starve on the street but there won't be any fancy vacations either.
>> Make sure to tax them high enough to pay for all of my house parties.
How are you funding these parties? Your basic income feeds, clothes and houses you, and little else.
>> Who wants to volunteer to clean my toilet and mow my lawn? Anyone? Even if I say thank you when you're done?
No, those would be jobs you still have to pay money to get done, because they're unpleasant.
In fact you'll probably have to pay more for those because they're unpleasant and people don't need the work as badly.