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My pessimistic conspiracy theory is UBI is just a carrot on a stick to keep people pacified. Humanity does not take the high road on a global scale. A war is li
by rapsey 9y ago
My pessimistic conspiracy theory is UBI is just a carrot on a stick to keep people pacified. Humanity does not take the high road on a global scale. A war is likelier and the excess humanity will be killed off.
- s_kilk 9y agoThis sounds like the kind of thing the average 17-year-old edgelord comes out with, completely devoid of content.
- ShabbosGoy 9y agoWhat you'll see is the further stratification of society into a permanent underclass that's unemployed while the super rich can become immortal due to the latest in cybernetics.
- js8 9y agoThat's a conspiracy theory, indeed. If you want to prepare a war, you don't want "pacified" population. I can imagine somebody combining UBI with some sort of fascism, just like leninism did it with marxism, but by itself.. I don't see how alone it could be misused.
- rapsey 9y agoI think the political climate is getting more heated up with every passing year. The right/left rift is large and getting larger. In the US and EU. If it keeps getting worse like it has been, a (civil) war is a distinct possibility 5-10 years down the line.