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> Universal Basic Income people (that used to be called the "dole" in the UK) I'm much more ambivalent than I used to be about UBI, after seeing what large gro
by monoideism 6y ago
> Universal Basic Income people (that used to be called the "dole" in the UK)
I'm much more ambivalent than I used to be about UBI, after seeing what large groups of sequestered, out-of-work, bored, and angry people are capable of doing, but just to clarify, UBI is not the same as the dole. The dole is only given to people who are unemployed, whereas UBI is given to everyone.
- shadowgovt 6y agoProbably worth keeping in mind that what you're seeing is sequestered, out-of-work, bored, angry people who still have to make ends meet in a hyper-capitalist society without some kind of guaranteed income. In general, it's not people with time on their hands who pick up a brick and huck it through a store window; if it were, you'd see more millionaire looters. It's people who don't have anything to lose.
- gejsvsgajaba 6y ago> who still have to make ends meet in a hyper-capitalist society without some kind of guaranteed income. Not true in the UK, where those out-of-work people have been getting a six-month paid holiday funded by government debt. Totally agree with GP that the behaviour of those people this year has severely dampened my enthusiasm for UBI.