• lemmingnosis@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Don’t hesitate to advocate for Universal Basic Income (UBI).

    Maybe consider how greedy capitalists will fight back (and to be fair whether life would get more difficult for retail employees).

    If IRL stores are just big vending machines, you’d have to get into credit card fraud or something to shoplift 😳

    That’s probably a huge hassle - always looking over your shoulder, wondering if your TOR (internet privacy) settings were up to snuff…

    tl;dr guillotines

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      4 months ago

      I like the idea of UBI. And I know it has “worked” in some small scale environments. But I can help but wonder if income inequality is required for our capitalist based economy to function. Like if everyone quits their job, who will drive a truck to deliver shit to the grocery store that nobody is working at?

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        income inequality is required for our capitalist based economy to function

        Yeah, that’s kinda what capitalism is. The system itself is the problem. It only “works” if there are workers for the owners to exploit, and the goal of the owners is to accumulate more and more capital. Infinite growth is impossible because the resources are finite. It’s time for our economy to evolve.

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        You have to keep in mind that a UBI is not complete even redistribution of all wealth. It is redistribution of a relatively small portion of the wealth. It only serves to tip the scales a bit, it’s not really meant to be lived off of.

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          it’s not really meant to be lived off of.

          By definition it is, barely. That’s why it’s called “basic.” A subsidy too small to cover even minimal living expenses would just be “UI.”

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            4 months ago

            Actually didn’t know that. I keep hearing about ubi experiments of like $400/mo, which is too little to survive on in the US no matter what you do.

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              Yeah, people love misusing the term for “experiments” that are neither “universal” nor “basic.” The best part is when some galaxy-brain comes up with “hey, let’s have UBI but how 'bout we means-test it?” and then I just want to respond with a Syndrome meme.