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-up1334arrow-down129file-text
arrow-up1305arrow-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-squareexplodicle@local106.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoMan, I wish Henry George could’ve convinced Karl Marx of that.
Man, I wish Henry George could’ve convinced Karl Marx of that.