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-square246fedilinkarrow-up1350arrow-down132file-text
arrow-up1318arrow-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-square246fedilinkfile-text
Those seem incompatible to me. (UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)
minus-squareLandmammals@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoYou don’t get two basic incomes.
minus-squareMonkCanatella@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoCool, not sure what your point is but I don’t think I care
minus-squareLandmammals@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoExactly, and that’s why you’re wrong about it.
You don’t get two basic incomes.
Cool, not sure what your point is but I don’t think I care
Exactly, and that’s why you’re wrong about it.