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>Basic Income seems like a system where you just have to dive in a cross your fingers. You do understand why people want to start small right? Because if the
by daenz 8y ago
>Basic Income seems like a system where you just have to dive in a cross your fingers.
You do understand why people want to start small right? Because if the experiment fails on a large scale, the results are catastrophic to society. In my opinion, proponents of UBI had better find a way to conduct the experiment in a meaningful way on a smaller scale first if they expect to convince any rational person that it's worth pursuing on a larger scale. This idea of "well let's fundamentally change society in an irreversible way and hope it all works out" is absolutely a non-starter for me.
- zanny 8y agoIts not irreversible. Just like you can start UBI whenever you want you can technically stop it too. Yea, people would modify their behavior to account for it and thus just eliminating it outright would cause a lot of transitional pains, but thats no different than if western governments tried eliminating retirement income, subsidized / free medicine, public infrastructure upkeep, etc.
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- function_seven 8y agoYeah, I do realize that and I agree with you. It may be the best idea ever, or an economic disaster. I don’t see how micro studies can figure out which.