Re:Why we should give free money to everyone
by prodigal_erik on Tuesday January 07, 2014 @10:57AM
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> purposefully place people in permanent poverty
They're already there, this is just a less brutal version of it.
> The danger is that far too many people will accept this standard of living.
It's the best possible outcome for people rendered unemployable by automation. We can either invent degrading makework to waste their time, or acknowlege what the market is telling us--our civilization is productive enough we no longer need everyone able-bodied (and some who aren't) working for their whole adult lives.
They're already there, this is just a less brutal version of it.
> The danger is that far too many people will accept this standard of living.
It's the best possible outcome for people rendered unemployable by automation. We can either invent degrading makework to waste their time, or acknowlege what the market is telling us--our civilization is productive enough we no longer need everyone able-bodied (and some who aren't) working for their whole adult lives.