JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 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-square245fedilinkarrow-up1336arrow-down130file-text
arrow-up1306arrow-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 · 10 months agomessage-square245fedilinkfile-text
Those seem incompatible to me. (UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)
minus-squareDeadlineX@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoThere’s a difference between “society couldn’t function” and “companies are too greedy”. One of them is wrong and the other needs to change.
There’s a difference between “society couldn’t function” and “companies are too greedy”. One of them is wrong and the other needs to change.