I question whether that can occur in a good way. I don’t see human greed going away, better to cage it under heavy control and not get complacent.
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TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
I don’t want UBI, as that perpetuates money and capitalism, I want universal distribution of resources.
phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
jwiggler@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
You should check out the last chapter of Bullshit Jobs. The author makes a good case for UBI as a liberating force for people whose lives are tied to demeaning work. His idea is that UBI would free people from being dependent on an economic master in order to have access to basic human needs like shelter, food, water, healthcare, etc. but also less concrete needs such as sociability, leisure, and play. It would have to go hand in hand with some regulation on prices.
He’s an anarchist so he ostensibly has your same aversion (completely warranted) to the perpetuation of money and capitalism.