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I am all for a UBI, but replacing an $60k a year trucking job with a $30k a year UBI isn't going to be the panacea that everyone wants it to be. People want di
by fuzzylightbulb 5y ago
I am all for a UBI, but replacing an $60k a year trucking job with a $30k a year UBI isn't going to be the panacea that everyone wants it to be. People want dignity and meaning and a lot of people find that in their work. Just providing funding for rations isn't going to cut it.
- krapp 5y agoNothing about UBI prevents people from working, but there will simply not be enough work to go around, nor much work that can provide a sustainable living. People who find meaning and dignity in work can still try to do so within what market remains for human labor, which will probably be meager and miserable - far closer to Amazon warehouse work or Uber than last century's factory line - or they can adjust and redefine their self-worth to be something other than the value that can be extracted from them by a corporation. UBI is just there to keep them from starving in the meanwhile, because they can't eat dignity.