JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhen 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'.message-squaremessage-square244fedilinkarrow-up1349arrow-down130file-text
arrow-up1319arrow-down1message-squareWhen 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'.JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square244fedilinkfile-text
Those seem incompatible to me. (UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoWith increasing automation, it could totally work soon
minus-squareZahzenEclipse@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWe’re still a far way away from the level of automation necessary to make working only 2 days a week feasible imo
minus-squarespacecowboy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoAlso, 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.
minus-squareZahzenEclipse@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWho determines its unnecessary? The market? Government groups?
With increasing automation, it could totally work soon
We’re still a far way away from the level of automation necessary to make working only 2 days a week feasible imo
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.
Who determines its unnecessary? The market? Government groups?