JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 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-square240fedilinkarrow-up1351arrow-down132file-text
arrow-up1319arrow-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 · 6 months agomessage-square240fedilinkfile-text
Those seem incompatible to me. (UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)
minus-squareVubDapple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-26 months agoBingo! “If we make it easier for you to survive, you will become harder to take advantage of”
Bingo! “If we make it easier for you to survive, you will become harder to take advantage of”