JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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 · 1 year agomessage-square246fedilinkfile-text
Those seem incompatible to me. (UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)
minus-squareDeadlineX@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year 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.
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.