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  • earphone843@sh.itjust.workstoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldFeelin free
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    19 hours ago

    Where’s that money going to come from?

    The point of UBI isn’t to allow anyone to not work if they don’t want to. It’s so that everyone can live securely while still contributing to keeping society running, and allow those who can’t work to live without worry about survival.

    You can’t have UBI without workers. It’s still working to survive, just with a massive safety net.


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    21 hours ago

    A lot of those businesses still need to exist for society to function. They could be restructured into non-profits, but they’ll still exist.

    There will always be a need for jobs that people aren’t going to just do for the hell of it. No one enjoys breaking their back harvesting crops or digging ditches.

    I’m not saying the current system is any good, but the idea of no one having to work if they don’t want to is not obtainable without some serious advances in robotics.