JackGreenEarth 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-square189fedilinkarrow-up1270arrow-down121file-text
arrow-up1249arrow-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 to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square189fedilinkfile-text
Those seem incompatible to me. (UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)
minus-squareZahzenEclipselinkfedilink0•1 year agoWhy would a business pay for these things that make their workers more efficient and then relinquish all of the profit that came from making things more efficient?
minus-square@DeadlineX@lemm.eelinkfedilink4•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.
Why would a business pay for these things that make their workers more efficient and then relinquish all of the profit that came from making things more efficient?
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.