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When 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'. (lemm.ee)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Those seem incompatible to me.

(UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's a matter of access, not whether a sufficient amount of resources exist.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It’s been demonstrated repeatedly that markets distribute goods better than centralized control systems, every time.

When centralized control is seized, people start lacking. When the control of food is seized centrally, people starve.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Who said anything about centralized control?