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When talking to people who dislike UBI about UBI, they'll often say both that 'people need a purpose in life' and that 'nobody will work if they get free money'. (lemm.ee)
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Those seem incompatible to me.

(UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)

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[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 26 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Ignoring their ideas entirely, it's incredibly simple. There are two options.

  1. No ubi. Eventually AI automates all jobs, the 1% becomes virtually omnipotent, and everyone else dies.

  2. Ubi. Some of the profits earned by companies are funneled into the ubi system. As such, everyone has income. The economy booms, everyone thrives, and we reach post scarcity.

[–] RainfallSonata@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago

We've already reached post scarcity. Any current scarcity is manufactured.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago

How about option 3: we stay the same and the world doesn't end in fire and death.