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[J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion]

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[Wil Wheaton]

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That's only controversial because it's so obvious yet impossible in reality. So lots of people, like me, get sick of this opinion being stated as if it's a groundbreaking thing to believe. Of course everyone should. But everyone can't. Sitting around and stating the obvious about how things should be isn't clever and innovative.

What are the practical problems that make it functionally impossible?

Human nature. There will never be enough unselfish people to make it work.

why would anyone at all work then

100% of humanity suddenly decides not to work, yet they get money anyway. Does your plan involve magic?

what is volunteering

where is this volunteering happening and by who

"Everyone gets a decent livable wage just for existing" is not the same as "everyone gets the same amount of money regardless of any other factors."

In other words, the reason people continue to work is because they want more money than the basic income provides.

wow fuck no if I got a decent living wage for sitting on my ass all day no way in hell am I working. I'd think about 99% of humanity would agree.

good on the 1% who want a little bonus fun money for doing all of our farming, manufacturing, teaching, infrastructure maintenance, repair work, and doctoring.

My strong sense is that people actually care a lot about how much they make compared to others, and it would be a strong motivator for many people.

There's also a question of precisely how the level is set and what we mean by "decent living wage" but yeah.

lol no. your master plan relies on people wanting to work for a little extra when they already have everything they need. and now you're trying to qualify "decent living wage" to motivate more people?

there is zero way this would ever work. also, you seem to severely underestimate how much work actually is required to not only sustain a global population's basic needs but presumably "quality standard of living" including luxuries.

like, no. if I got a decent living wage I'd pretty much just masturbate and have sex all day, and make lots of babies. an army of babies. which would be dope because I assume they get wages, too. I also assume my wages cover the minor cost of a babysitter, which of course they actually wouldn't, because who the fuck would babysit ever if they didn't need the money.

Well, good luck with those babies since you wouldn't be able to afford toys or books or movies for them. In this hypothetical situation, THAT'S what you work for, the extra unnecessary stuff. Basic living wage would buy you a roof over your head, lights, heat, and food.

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just because you're lazy doesn't mean "99%" of the world is

I really do not think this is true. You get enough money to cover basic boring food and a tiny apartment, and you get health care which is great. You cover all your basic expenses, but that's it. Most people want a place to live with more amenities, ownership of property, entertainment, travel, luxuries etc.

I'm not 100% in support of UBI at this point (haven't really done enough research) but I don't think this is a good argument against it.

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They probably think printing money and giving it around would be enough.

And what would be the point of having money if there isn't enough goods and services to be bought? Let humanity enjoy hyperinflation and learn why earning their living, instead of having others handing it down, is necessary? But that'd bring us back to the beginning...

Because oddly enough, some people really like to work.

I don't have to technically do anything (disabled due to traumatic brain injury).

But to keep myself busy, I write fanfiction and translate anime from Japanese to English.

I can't do it fast enough to hold a paying job in either realm (example: pro translators are supposed to translate a 30 minute episode in under an hour. It takes me twelve hours. That is not an exaggeration). But people enjoy what I do despite the lack of speed.

Not everyone is an innate slacker.

Ohhh translating anime, truly proof that the world would be saved. Some people just like picking up shit for a living, studying super hard to become a doctor to watch people die all day, doing construction work in 120 degree weather, cleaning out toilets.

Sure, some people like what they do to the level of it being a hobby. More people probably like their jobs for work but that doesn't mean it's what they'd be doing if they could do something else.

Blue sky thinking here, but maybe people will pick their shit up and clean their toilets because they like having clean toilets and not having shit around.

The idea that wage labor and market capitalism are the only ways to ensure those functions get done is ludicrous.

And "doctor" is a spectacularly bad choice of position to use as an example - it's hard to think of a job that people are more internally motivated to do.

ok, this is ridiculous. I think you're way too cynical to look at this objectively at all.

It's more ridiculous to think it remotely makes sense to give everybody free money to live comfortably off of, and expect people to be able to sustain that lifestyle or maintaining quality of life on a societal level purely based on working they don't have to do.

That is so absurdly stupid I cannot believe some people are seriously arguing this.

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They kind of have a point, though. If everyone received a living wage for doing nothing, do you really think anyone in the entire country would ever scrub out a public toilet ever again? Or work a soulless retail job with shitty customers being shitty to them all day long?

The fact that proponents aren't really seeming to take into account is that a huge, huge chunk of people hate their jobs. As in, would drop them immediately if there weren't pressing cash issues.

It really is a nice thought, but there's honestly no way that it would work and keep our economy even remotely afloat.

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But the work you like involves doing something you enjoy.
If that was enough to keep everything running smoothly, the world would be a happier place but sadly most necessary jobs require doing stuff we don't enjoy.

NAYRT--yeah, but doing fun shit, at least, fun shit that requires money, under a UBI system wouldn't be possible unless people worked. Like, making sure that everyone has food, shelter, clothes, medical care, and basic necessities like soap and toilet paper doesn't mean they have money for anything fun at all. I'm not in this position, but I've known people who are, who are so scraped to the bone that just staying alive, clothed, housed, and fed is a fucking miracle.

I really don't get people who think no-one would work if they had the basics, and only the basics, covered. Yeah, I can entertain myself up to a point. But I would like to maintain at least my current standard of living under a UBI system, which would require extra money-- money for hobbies, pets, travel, food that's not boring shelf-stable slop, clothes that aren't cheap and badly made, a house instead of a one room studio. I would totally scrub toilets or greasy pans (or insert other "gross" job, provided I could physically do it without fucking up) if it meant not living a life that provided enough to keep body and soul together but only my body healthy.

A UBI system wouldn't provide enough money for nights out, for theatre, for sporting events, just enough to keep everyone out of dire poverty that sees some people in my country (the USA) get by on two dollars a day. Little babies get taken to emergency rooms because they're going hungry, kids on free school lunch are sent home in some districts with backpacks of cheap food on weekends because otherwise they don't eat until Monday. Cities and counties are finding out it's way cheaper to house the homeless and provide them basic care than let them stay on the street and get sick and end up in the ER all the time.

All the "moral guardians" flipping out that people are intrinsically lazy and wouldn't work if they didn't have to creep me out. A UBI system isn't "everyone gets a nice house and a fast car," it's "everyone gets just enough to not have to scramble every minute of every day not to fucking die of dire poverty." I have a fairly good life with some disposable income, and I'd love it if everyone had at least what I have.

sure now, but just wait for the robo revolution

The robo revolution has been happening for a while now

but not fast enough

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