4 ms·
You're underestimating how expensive that goal is. Providing every adult with basic income so that they can pursue their dreams would bankrupt the country.
by brucephillips 9y ago
You're underestimating how expensive that goal is. Providing every adult with basic income so that they can pursue their dreams would bankrupt the country.
- comstock 9y agoI’m not really talking about providing a basic income. What I’m saying is the barrier to having “personal autonomy” in a society where providing the essentials of life has to a high degree already been automated, is too high.
- brucephillips 9y agoHow would we provide the essentials of life other than through basic income or a similar welfare program?
- comstock 9y agoWork for a year then take two years off? Or retire earlier? Again, I didn’t say that people wouldn’t work at all. I said that the barrier to obtaining a personal autonomy is too high in a society where providing the essentials of life has been largely automated. We keep people working by making it had to survive otherwise (high rents that don’t represent the maintainence/construction costs etc).