▲ 324 ▼ 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 246 comments fedilink hide all child comments Those seem incompatible to me. (UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)
[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee [S] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children) With increasing automation, it could totally work soon permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Also, a fair bit of work is work for the sake of work. It doesn’t enrich society, just the capitalism machine. So if UBI were enacted on a large scale, there is plenty of unnecessary work that can go by the wayside. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ZahzenEclipse@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago Who determines its unnecessary? The market? Government groups? permalink fedilink source parent [–] ZahzenEclipse@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago We're still a far way away from the level of automation necessary to make working only 2 days a week feasible imo permalink fedilink source parent
[–] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Also, a fair bit of work is work for the sake of work. It doesn’t enrich society, just the capitalism machine. So if UBI were enacted on a large scale, there is plenty of unnecessary work that can go by the wayside. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ZahzenEclipse@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago Who determines its unnecessary? The market? Government groups? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ZahzenEclipse@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago Who determines its unnecessary? The market? Government groups? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ZahzenEclipse@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago We're still a far way away from the level of automation necessary to make working only 2 days a week feasible imo permalink fedilink source parent