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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

After I wrote the above rant, I was reflecting on it and I think the main opposition to this idea comes from the inbuilt assumption that job = money + survival. People say that the USA should have $15 minimum wage because that's what they need to survive.

But in a country where survival and a base amount of money were inbuilt, Dave was free to do something that he enjoyed and which gave him purpose.

I think I just talked myself into supporting universal basic income, presumably paid for by taxing the world's trillion dollar corporations?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's similar in the US. I worked with some people similar to Dave. They didn't work out of necessity. Disability covered their basic needs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm glad to hear it! You never hear about the instances where systems work and support those in need...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I mean, you're forced into permanent poverty but disability does do what it's supposed to. Sort of.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

UBI would be an ideal solution to a lot of problems. People argue everyone would choose to stay home and do nothing with UBI but really it would make it conscionable to open up more options for how and why people work.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah l hope UBI can be adopted succesfully somewhere in the near future, but I fear that no person in power will let that happen because it's not to their benefit to do so.

I would love it if we can create a society where survival and a simple living are given for everyone regardless of job status, without having to resort to a violent revolution, but historically that doesn't seem likely.