JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoWhen talking to people who dislike UBI about UBI, they'll often say both that 'people need a purpose in life' and that 'nobody will work if they get free money'.message-squaremessage-square246fedilinkarrow-up1354arrow-down131file-text
arrow-up1323arrow-down1message-squareWhen talking to people who dislike UBI about UBI, they'll often say both that 'people need a purpose in life' and that 'nobody will work if they get free money'.JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square246fedilinkfile-text
Those seem incompatible to me. (UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoSorta like nature. There’s calories aplenty to be had. They’re just protected by other organisms that don’t want to give them up. So even in nature, the scarcity is artificial.
Sorta like nature. There’s calories aplenty to be had. They’re just protected by other organisms that don’t want to give them up.
So even in nature, the scarcity is artificial.