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The parent comment was worried about losing jobs regardless of UBI, which means the choice is not "high paying FAANG job or UBI" but "no income or UBI". I didn'
by jodrellblank 4y ago
The parent comment was worried about losing jobs regardless of UBI, which means the choice is not "high paying FAANG job or UBI" but "no income or UBI". I didn't say you said UBI shouldn't be allowed, I said why have you approached it from the angle "if you had your job forcibly taken away and had only UBI to live on, imagine how much you'd suffer, then you'd regret your support for UBI, hah, gotcha"?
Instead of, say, "imagine if you lost your job and had a choice of no income or some income, you might still lose your house but being able to afford food would be useful".
or from the angle "imagine a society where the poorest and unemployed had enough income to eat without foodbanks and foodstamps?".