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-square244fedilinkarrow-up1342arrow-down132file-text
arrow-up1310arrow-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-square244fedilinkfile-text
Those seem incompatible to me. (UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)
minus-squarecitrusface@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·10 months agoCorps would just find a way to be the ones to supplies those basic needs. They would still inflate prices and deliver substandard results. Capitalism is the problem
Corps would just find a way to be the ones to supplies those basic needs. They would still inflate prices and deliver substandard results.
Capitalism is the problem