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I think the idea is that UBI will come without the grift, corruption, and other issues from the communist bloc. A world where you have UBI, but can still work

• ajuc 9y ago
  Corruption in communism was a consequence of centralization and lack of democratic control of the government (here UBI is different), and of money losing their value (here UBI will be most probably similar). If you get money no matter what - money are worth less and less compared to what you can buy for them, and to stop that they might introduce rationing, and that's just asking for corruption.
  • mrob 9y ago
    Most people advocating UBI want just enough to keep people out of poverty. People will still want additional money for luxuries, so money will retain most of its value and capitalism will function as normal.
  • sologoub 9y ago
    You profoundly misunderstand the situation in the soviet economies - money became worthless not because money was easy to get, it was not as the salaries were very small, but because of poor central planning (and good central planning is impossible, since you cannot see the future) resulted in shortages of everything. At an extreme example, my grandfather could buy a new car every quarter with the salary he received as high ranking military officer stationed abroad, but the line for the car was 3-5 years long, even for well connected individuals. What good is your money then? The UBI society does not have that problem as no one is capping production because they view a particular good as a capitalist symbol or something.
    • ajuc 9y ago
      Money became worthless because you got more money than goods. The reasons for that are many, and irrelevant here - I do think UBI will have similar problem, because you give away money not covered by additional production.