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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. That's one way of looking
by 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.