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I think a lot of people may not like the work that they do and the number of hours they have to do it to earn the money that they do, and then get angry at peop
by jimkleiber 7y ago
I think a lot of people may not like the work that they do and the number of hours they have to do it to earn the money that they do, and then get angry at people who can earn money either without doing that much work (eg people on welfare or people who own things that generate revenue) or people who like the work that they do. In a way, a form of "it's not fair, I have to work hard at a job I hate for my money, they should as well."
I mean, I think there are plenty of other reasons as well, such as the effectiveness of such a program or trust that the people receiving the money won't use it on things the people giving the money deem immoral. But I think the big one is just that I believe most of us humans receive money by renting ourselves out for money and doing things we don't like, and instead of finding ways to receive money by renting out other things we own or by finding a thing we enjoy doing, we harp on those who do. (I think why Andre Yang is trying to frame a UBI as a dividend is that it reframes it into we as citizens own stock in the economy and should receive profit sharing...but that's a convo for another day)