The conclusion is basically of course a UBI works - you give most people extra money, they’ll spend it on things they need and things that are worthwhile rather than blowing it all on vices.
It’s something we see time and time again, and anyone who genuinely believes otherwise is either rich or blind.
Or antisocial in the psychological sense, ie “I see it, and I’m not rich, but people suffering under me makes me feel superior, gives me the dopamine rush of schadenfreude, and I’ll just go ahead and make shit up in my head about why I believe they deserve their suffering so I can just revel in how much better I’m doing guilt free.”
As an American, its a tragic reality that 10s of millions of us are proud sadists. Not entirely our fault, our owners gained their fortunes by not caring about how their profiteering hurt others, ane they propagandize us to worship and deify them and their mindset of If I hurt you to benefit myself, its just business.
I’ve always felt that the push back comes from people who assume others are at the same level of means as they are. A lot of people don’t understand food insecurity, or that “you have a car” doesn’t mean the oil was changed this year.
The conclusion is basically of course a UBI works - you give most people extra money, they’ll spend it on things they need and things that are worthwhile rather than blowing it all on vices.
It’s something we see time and time again, and anyone who genuinely believes otherwise is either rich or blind.
Or antisocial in the psychological sense, ie “I see it, and I’m not rich, but people suffering under me makes me feel superior, gives me the dopamine rush of schadenfreude, and I’ll just go ahead and make shit up in my head about why I believe they deserve their suffering so I can just revel in how much better I’m doing guilt free.”
As an American, its a tragic reality that 10s of millions of us are proud sadists. Not entirely our fault, our owners gained their fortunes by not caring about how their profiteering hurt others, ane they propagandize us to worship and deify them and their mindset of If I hurt you to benefit myself, its just business.
I’ve always felt that the push back comes from people who assume others are at the same level of means as they are. A lot of people don’t understand food insecurity, or that “you have a car” doesn’t mean the oil was changed this year.