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Why will you be destitute? Consider this: how do billionaires make most of their money? I’ll answer you: people buy their stuff. What happens if nobody has jo
by blackqueeriroh 8mo ago
Why will you be destitute? Consider this: how do billionaires make most of their money?
I’ll answer you: people buy their stuff.
What happens if nobody has jobs? Oh, that’s right! Nobody’s buying stuff.
Then what happens? Oh yeah! Billionaires get poorer.
There’s a very rational, self-interested reason sama has been running UBI pilots and Elon is also talking about UBI - the only way they keep more money flowing into their pockets is if the largest number of people have disposable income.
- FeteCommuniste 8mo agoNice, so all of us legacy humans can be kept around as pets on a fixed income for the master race of billionaires and their AI army.
- palmotea 8mo ago> What happens if nobody has jobs? Oh, that’s right! Nobody’s buying stuff. > Then what happens? Oh yeah! Billionaires get poorer. Or they pivot to businesses that don't depend on consumers buying stuff. Or pivot away from business entirely, into a realm of pure power independent of the market and conventional economics. > There’s a very rational, self-interested reason sama has been running UBI pilots and Elon is also talking about UBI - the only way they keep more money flowing into their pockets is if the largest number of people have disposable income. There's another very rational, self-interested reason for those people to pursue UBI: as a temporary sop to the masses, to keep them passive until they lack the power to resist.