I guess I'm not talking about basic income as much as money not being a good motivator for work. Basic income might become necessary if there aren't enough job

I guess I'm not talking about basic income as much as money not being a good motivator for work. Basic income might become necessary if there aren't enough jobs to go around to keep people alive. But until that point, where machines do all the work, it's not feasible. >And there are plenty of people out there that are very passionate about shoes, and would share that enthusiasm How many would sit in the mall for 40 hours per week? That's the fallacy -- that enough people like doing something so much that they would do it enough to make up for the hordes of people that would stop doing it if not paid. > people bring or wash their own dishes Who will make the dishes? And the dish washing detergent? And the bottles to hold the detergent? And the refinery to make the plastic for the bottles? And dig up the stuff to supply the refinery? And construct the refinery? This is why so many -ism's are a seductive idea, but don't work in reality, because the narrative focuses on just the last step or so of a very long supply chain full of unpleasant work for someone else.