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-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 months agoWith increasing automation, it could totally work soon
minus-squarespacecowboy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·6 months agoAlso, a fair bit of work is work for the sake of work. It doesn’t enrich society, just the capitalism machine. So if UBI were enacted on a large scale, there is plenty of unnecessary work that can go by the wayside.
minus-squareZahzenEclipse@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoWho determines its unnecessary? The market? Government groups?
minus-squareZahzenEclipse@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoWe’re still a far way away from the level of automation necessary to make working only 2 days a week feasible imo
With increasing automation, it could totally work soon
Also, a fair bit of work is work for the sake of work. It doesn’t enrich society, just the capitalism machine. So if UBI were enacted on a large scale, there is plenty of unnecessary work that can go by the wayside.
Who determines its unnecessary? The market? Government groups?
We’re still a far way away from the level of automation necessary to make working only 2 days a week feasible imo