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>"wanted to be a pianist" >"builds RC planes" Like I said. People don't want to work. You just changed the examples of not working to be more elitist. Who t
by hodwik 11y ago
>"wanted to be a pianist"
>"builds RC planes"
Like I said. People don't want to work.
You just changed the examples of not working to be more elitist.
Who tars the roof? Who wades through clogged sewer lines? Who mines the rare metals in your cellphone? Who farms the maggots for industrial fisheries? Who makes the textiles? Who slaughters the cattle? Proctologist? Who embalms our dead? Who does QA for your phone's RAM? Who cleans up the remains at violent crime scenes? Who solders together your alarm clock? Who tears out asbestos?
- clock_tower 11y agoWho does this sort of work? People who want to make more money than the basic income, were I to guess. These jobs (insofar as they need to be done, and some certainly do) will always be difficult, dangerous, and/or repulsive; but with basic income, they'd have to offer enough money and prestige to attract people who are now free to walk away.
- TeMPOraL 11y ago> Like I said. People don't want to work. No. You said, I quote, "99% of people would rather be screwing, drinking and watching TV all day long". My examples are all kinds of things you can get paid for if you are lucky and that use skills important for providing value to society. > Who tars the roof? Who wades through clogged sewer lines? Initially people, for additional money. Later, machines. > Who mines the rare metals in your cellphone? Who farms the maggots for industrial fisheries? Who makes the textiles? Who slaughters the cattle? Machines. > Proctologist? Who embalms our dead? People, for additional money. > Who does QA for your phone's RAM? Machines. > Who cleans up the remains at violent crime scenes? People, for additional money. > Who solders together your alarm clock? Machines. > Who tears out asbestos? We don't use it anymore. There's a spectrum between "no one working anymore" and "UBI giving you other choice than work or starve".
- littletimmy 11y agoPay up. If it is important enough to you that you want it done, pay above basic minimum wage and someone will do it for you. Must we keep people in wage slavery because you want your roof tarred? We've heard this sort of argument before, of course. Back before the emancipation, some white landlord would say "If we let these negroes go, who is going to pick the cotton?" --- We ended slavery, and we should end wage slavery.
- eli_gottlieb 11y ago>Like I said. People don't want to work. Of course. That's why we have machines.