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This isn't a surprising outcome but it goes against a commonly used argument against everything from a UBI to a social safety net to a cooperative society. Peop
by heterodoxxed 6y ago
This isn't a surprising outcome but it goes against a commonly used argument against everything from a UBI to a social safety net to a cooperative society. People want to work, they want to produce and they want to feel accomplished.
If our economy's only hope relies on threatening a large class of people with homelessness, destitution, starvation and even death unless they work, then our economy is immoral at its core.
- e40 6y agoNot to mention the threat of becoming ill bankrupting us. Even someone who has saved a goodly sum can lose it all if the insurance they have purchased taps out.
- throwayayay3883 6y ago"He who does not work shall not eat." ~a capitalist, presumably.