JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 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-square246fedilinkarrow-up1357file-text
arrow-up1357message-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 · 11 months agomessage-square246fedilinkfile-text
Those seem incompatible to me. (UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)
minus-squareZahzenEclipse@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoWhy would a business pay for these things that make their workers more efficient and then relinquish all of the profit that came from making things more efficient?
minus-squareDeadlineX@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 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.
Why would a business pay for these things that make their workers more efficient and then relinquish all of the profit that came from making things more efficient?
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.