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I fear the question will be answered with some very dark times. Indeed what will people do, when most of them aren't actually "necessary", and what will they ag
by CuriousSkeptic 10y ago
I fear the question will be answered with some very dark times. Indeed what will people do, when most of them aren't actually "necessary", and what will they agree to, given that most of them will also be driven by fear of becoming one of those unnecessary ones?
As things stands, politically, and culturally, it's more likely to become som dystopian story of cleansing. Walled communities of elites keeping the poor outside of civilized society, and perhaps even death camps.
So I really do hope that we, along the way, not only get data on the economics of it, but also a new ethical mainstream regarding entitlement. Capitalism will be a rather dangerous as framework of ethics in a world where economic value is derived entirely from capital. Only the elite can justify their existance on that framework.
I'm currently aligned with the geo-libertarian view of things, as an example of a dissenting UBI-proponent. It seems the "mainstream" UBI thinking at the moment is rather socialistic in nature. Don't really see how that can fare much better than the capitalistic views when faced with the proposition that 10% is supposed to pay for the other 90%