JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 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-up1352arrow-down132file-text
arrow-up1320arrow-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 · 6 months agomessage-square246fedilinkfile-text
Those seem incompatible to me. (UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoWell those proposals are mis-using the term. The U is for Universal which means there are no conditions to receiving the money.
minus-squareSagifurius@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agowell yknow, socialism in theory vs the actual logistics when the government gives it a spin.
Well those proposals are mis-using the term. The U is for Universal which means there are no conditions to receiving the money.
well yknow, socialism in theory vs the actual logistics when the government gives it a spin.