Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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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)

submitted 2 years ago by JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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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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[+] ZahzenEclipse@kbin.social -14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If you don't have funds to buy resources then that seems to be accurate scarcity no?

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[–] amio@kbin.social 22 points 2 years ago (1 child)

The point is that there is no actual scarcity as in "we don't have the resources". We do have the resources, they're just distributed in a way that is profoundly unfair.

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[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

Sorta like nature. There’s calories aplenty to be had. They’re just protected by other organisms that don’t want to give them up.

So even in nature, the scarcity is artificial.

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