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hot take: this is basically UBI in practice. "different people have different opinions" but it's funny to see the cognitive dissonance. Lots of hate ITT for an
by disambiguation 5y ago
hot take: this is basically UBI in practice.
"different people have different opinions" but it's funny to see the cognitive dissonance. Lots of hate ITT for anti-work, yet HN is usually a hotbed for pro UBI sentiment.
- bee_rider 5y agoHow is it UBI in practice? It is not uniform, and the guy makes $92k which in most areas is well above what a person would require basic income.
- disambiguation 5y agoJust in the sense that a job was displaced by automation, so the worker is collecting a check from someone wealthy that benefits from said automation.