[ SECRET POST #3431 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3431 ⌋

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


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[Wil Wheaton]


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[Mughal-E-Azam]


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Re: Controversial Opinions/Thoughts

[(Anonymous)]

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.