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Other people have offered practical reasons why they aren't really the same programs with the same goals, but in case you're up for getting utopian, some people
by BosunoB 6y ago
Other people have offered practical reasons why they aren't really the same programs with the same goals, but in case you're up for getting utopian, some people see UBI as a necessary step as we enter a later stage of capitalism. UBI + reduction of working hours together are two feasible steps to reevaluate life under capitalism. Rather than sticking people in a 40hr/week job in order to survive, these steps give people more agency over their lives and probably improved treatment as workers. Basically you're paying people to live their best lives and breaking down as many barriers as possible for them to do that.
- keiferski 6y agoSure, and I think that's a noble goal, but it sort of ignores the fact that we have a lot of serious problems which would benefit from more workers and resources. Climate change isn't just going to solve itself and certainly a WPA-style program to build mass transit systems across the country would go a long way toward fighting it.
- BosunoB 6y agoSure, I wasn't trying to argue against a green new deal or anything, just to give a justification for a UBI in a way others haven't. Clearly they aren't mutually exclusive, unless you're the sort of person who thinks a UBI will mean nobody works any more.