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UBI will make us a huge proportion of people serfs unless it is accompanied by wealth transfer. It is at best a temporary (on the order of 100-200 years) soluti
by opportune 8y ago
UBI will make us a huge proportion of people serfs unless it is accompanied by wealth transfer. It is at best a temporary (on the order of 100-200 years) solution.
- lutorm 8y agoWe don't have 200 years experience with the market economy itself, so it seems if UBI is a 200 year solution that's pretty good.
- opportune 8y agoI agree, I just don’t think it’s as much of a silver bullet as people want it to be. It’s only a first step in moving towards post-scarcity, not the final one
- refurb 8y agoWe have far more than 200 years experience with a market economy! What do you think they were doing on the Silk Road?
- antidesitter 8y agoWhat’s a permanent solution, in your view?