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> I think it's time to question the rationality of people who are against UBI This sounds like a thinly veiled ad hominem against skeptics.
by thatswrong0 7y ago
> I think it's time to question the rationality of people who are against UBI
This sounds like a thinly veiled ad hominem against skeptics.
- zackmorris 7y agoYa thanks for pointing that out. I probably should have phrased it "I think it's time to question the rationale of arguments against UBI" because personally I think most of them are straw men masking cognitive dissonant or undignified positions. In other words - at their root are things like classism/racism, fear of socialistic solutions to fundamental problems with capitalism, or flat out greed and the "I've got mine" mentality that's so prevalent in the US. That fear/uncertainty is a distraction from what we are capable of today with automation. It's a 20th century zero sum worldview where giving to someone requires taking from someone else. I don't subscribe to that, because we could largely automate basic sustenance production (food, water, energy, shelter, transportation, etc), charge very little for it, require substantially less human labor, and turn any profits from that into a stipend that we all get for being US citizens. I think that's more in line with a 21st century or Star Trek future.
- akvadrako 7y agoI would weaken the claim a little – UBI is at least interesting enough that we should be doing trials. What the skeptics need to show is that trials are not worth it.