▲ 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)
[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Nothing happens. There are loads of zoning laws that make it effectively impossible to build in most areas these days anyway permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah so I guess if you introduce UBI to a complete lack of free market, to a place where new construction is illegal, then it won’t help. Unless there are vacant homes around, in which case there are still some market forces at work and it will help. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 1 point 2 years ago LOL permalink fedilink source parent
[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah so I guess if you introduce UBI to a complete lack of free market, to a place where new construction is illegal, then it won’t help. Unless there are vacant homes around, in which case there are still some market forces at work and it will help. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 1 point 2 years ago LOL permalink fedilink source parent