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How would UBI make the power gap larger than it already is?
by rytill 4y ago
How would UBI make the power gap larger than it already is?
- bsenftner 4y agoUBI creates a welfare state with a culture that does not need to work to live, so many would-be STEM professionals simply become tailgate partiers for life. A culture is created as a result of UBI that is detrimental to education and scientific advances.
- rytill 4y agoWhat if it wasn’t enough to live on, but enough to significantly impact the ability for the poorest to survive? Say $3600/yr = $300/mo. Don’t you think that could increase the pool of STEM candidates from poor families without creating a large new subculture like you’re describing? That being said, I don’t think even a greater UBI would decrease STEM candidacy. UBI would have to be massive before people stop wanting to be in STEM. If anything, the problem would be that we lose the bottom rung of unskilled labor.
- bsenftner 4y agoI'd love to see an outcome as you describe. I'm doubtful.