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Yeah, thank you for bringing up UBI! I think UBI is an interesting development and seems like a good part of the solution given our current situation. However,
by ace_of_spades 8y ago
Yeah, thank you for bringing up UBI! I think UBI is an interesting development and seems like a good part of the solution given our current situation. However, it adresses inequality mostly in terms of redistribution of resources and not really in terms of power.
For example, to finance a UBI large companies like would maybe be taxed more but that money would be evenly distributed across the company, thus, only marginally affecting Sergeys and Larrys position relative to their workers or society. They still remain in control, even though the population at large may have a little more wiggle room. Thus, UBI seems like a great way to make the status quo more tolerable but it wouldn’t really threaten accumulated power. That’s why basically everone in silicon valley is for it. Something like co-ops on the other hand bake in a lot more accountability and checks and balances into companies. This would also affect the distribution of power. But I wouldn’t say that this would be the obvious thing to push for or any kind of silver bullet. As I wrote in another comment, there are multiple sides to these problems (e.g., company and society level).
Thank you for engaging with this question, hope you find some value in my response!