JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 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-square107fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 9 months agomessage-square107fedilinkfile-text
Those seem incompatible to me. (UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoPoliticians everywhere have been “creating jobs” all the time. That’s just a myth. You can’t just create jobs indefinitely and it doesn’t solve societies problems. What kind of jobs do you have in mind?
Politicians everywhere have been “creating jobs” all the time. That’s just a myth. You can’t just create jobs indefinitely and it doesn’t solve societies problems. What kind of jobs do you have in mind?