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Another argument for basic income? The displacement of any worker who drives for a living as at our doorstep.
by 11thEarlOfMar 9y ago
Another argument for basic income? The displacement of any worker who drives for a living as at our doorstep.
- jrochkind1 9y agoYeah, I think that's actually the _main_ argument for UBI that's getting tech sector people and YCombinator interested in it.
- Chaebixi 9y agoOr severely limiting automation a la the Dune universe.
- jrs95 9y agoI think that sort of depends on your perspective. Some critics of UBI would say it's basically a scheme to keep a capitalist system and a ruling class in place that we'd be better off doing away with.
- TomMarius 9y agoThis is literally the first time I've seen someone call UB I a capitalist scheme, as the absolute most of these capitalists would call UBI a socialistic measure.
- jrs95 9y agoI know it sounds odd, but the idea is that while it is a socialist program, it actually helps maintain a capitalist system by preventing that systems failures from leading to it's demise. A UBI paid for with a tax system similar to our current one wouldn't really harm the ultra rich much, it would be paid for by the middle class and wealthier people who still work for a living, rather than just sitting on a giant mountain of cash and collecting interest. Edit: plus, if everyone views it as socialism, and then they eventually get it 20 years from now, maybe that will keep them from pursuing the real thing. Although I'm getting to be a bit of a paranoid conspiracy theorist with that line of reasoning.
- wolfgke 9y ago> Another argument for basic income? Another argument why some sections of the population should not have kids.