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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 10 months 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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[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago

With increasing automation, it could totally work soon

[-] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

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.

[-] ZahzenEclipse@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

Who determines its unnecessary? The market? Government groups?

[-] ZahzenEclipse@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

We're still a far way away from the level of automation necessary to make working only 2 days a week feasible imo

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