In every single article you read about UBI (universal basic income) you read about all the wonderful utopian possibilities. I have not seen one article mention what I believe will be the truth. The governments of the world will use it as a threat against behavior they want modified or won’t tolerate.

If you get a few DUIs what happens? They take away your license because driving is a privilege. Well, imagine being poor and needing the monthly UBI money and the government tells you that if you do this specific act you will lose your UBI.

It will be subtle at first and resemble some typical government hoop-jumping bureaucracy. Then a slippery slope of things you cannot do will slowly erode your rights. Did you attend a protest? In the U.S., the First Amendment grants you the right to do that but UBI is not a right it is a privilege so you lose your UBI.

He who has the gold makes the rules.

  • squid_slime@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    So what is it you are suggesting? People become homeless? Go hungry? Ubi is necessary for a society and it works in most country’s that have this kind of system in place.

    Everything you said has been conjecture.

    He who has the gold already has the gold… What difference will it make if it goes to people who need it.

    • darkvq@lemmy.worldOP
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      7 months ago

      So what is it you are suggesting? People become homeless? Go hungry?

      Why are people like this? I will never, ever understand people. Where in my premise did I ever state that I was anti-UBI or that I was suggesting an alternative? You immediately misinterpreted everything I wrote and started creating strawman arguments. The post is about UBI being corrupted by politicians. That’s all.

      Everything you said has been conjecture.

      Dude, what is the name of this community where this was posted? Did you know that conjecture is synonymous with opinion? And did you know that your opinions are also conjecture. What a ridiculous point you have attempted to make.

      He who has the gold already has the gold… What difference will it make if it goes to people who need it.

      You have no reading comprehension skills at all, right? The post (the opinion) is that UBI will be corrupted and those who need it will not get it unless they comply.

      By the way, I am pro-UBI. I never stated that I was not.

      • squid_slime@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        I found your opinion to be unpopular…
        What more can I say

        "Opinion or judgment based on inconclusive or incomplete evidence; guesswork.

        An opinion or conclusion based on guesswork.

        “The commentators made various conjectures about the outcome of the next election.”

        An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion "

        My use of conjecture is fairly clear.

        I have dyslexia so yes I do have issues with reading comprehension although its obvious you mean to insult my intellectual ability.