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Basic income is dangerous for the society. The basic human being is, unfortunately, almost like an animal, he likes to sleep, eat, do nothing: you have to give
by faint_coder 11y ago
Basic income is dangerous for the society. The basic human being is, unfortunately, almost like an animal, he likes to sleep, eat, do nothing: you have to give him/her a "bone", a prize, to make him/her doing things. This prize is wage. If you give money to human beings for free, nobody will do jobs anymore. Only those who want to be richer, but are far less. You'll see people that will choose for a basic income, instead of a basic_insome+N, to clean dumpsters. Why someone would choose basic_income+N when that N is relatively small to clean dumpsters instead of staying home doing nothing? Give a basic income to everyone and NOBODY will clean dumpsters anymore, unless you set that N relatively high. Or basic income relatively low. Basic income will destroy the entire society in few months. Don't look at those nordic countries which applied basic income and the society is "working" well, because it depends from people, culture, and other factors. I'm from italy, and I can GUARANTEE that if do give basic income to italians, the society will fall badly.
- kilotaras 11y ago>If you give money to human beings for free, nobody will do jobs anymore All BI proposals I saw only include housing, utilities, healthcare(through central system) and food. People would still want to go out, watch movies, play with the new shiny iPhone, etc. Most of the society already can get proposed amount from investments. If we talk $1000 monthly and 5% ROR (less than SP500) you have to have $240k in investments. That's easily achievable, especially if you already live on $1000 in preparation to doing nothing. > NOBODY will clean dumpsters anymore, unless you set that N relatively high And why should cleaning dumpsters be a low paying job? You said it yourself - it's crucial for society. And don't forget about elephant in the room - automation. Upward salary pressure puts pressure on making each individual worker more productive.