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If a majority of a society wants only to barely survive, rather than improve themselves and/or humanity, that is a problem itself. I see little reason to let an
by bcook 11y ago
If a majority of a society wants only to barely survive, rather than improve themselves and/or humanity, that is a problem itself. I see little reason to let anyone suffer, regardless of that fact that they may have "earned" their suffering.
Do you have any modern, long-term examples of basic income failing?
- ambicapter 11y ago> If a majority of a society wants only to barely survive, rather than improve themselves and/or humanity, that is a problem itself. That's one way of looking at it. Another way is that advances in technology have made it such that there is a 1% of individuals who progress so fast that they make the rest look like they're at a standstill by comparison, regardless of how hard they try.
- bcook 11y agoI don't think OP was referring to people who are trying but cannot succeed. I think he was saying that basic income encourages a society to rely upon the government and forget about putting any effort in to trying to succeed.
- xtian 11y ago> If a majority of a society wants only to barely survive, rather than improve themselves and/or humanity, that is a problem itself. Yes, thank you. There might be lots of problems implementing basic income in our current society, but the fearful reaction to the idea itself has always struck me as fundamentally misanthropic and nihilistic. If the fear of death is all we're living for, then it might be time to rethink our way of life quite a bit.