JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 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-square225fedilinkarrow-up1356arrow-down132file-text
arrow-up1324arrow-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 · 9 months agomessage-square225fedilinkfile-text
Those seem incompatible to me. (UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)
minus-squareRainfallSonata@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·9 months agoThat’s a matter of access, not whether a sufficient amount of resources exist.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoIt’s been demonstrated repeatedly that markets distribute goods better than centralized control systems, every time. When centralized control is seized, people start lacking. When the control of food is seized centrally, people starve.
minus-squareRainfallSonata@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoWho said anything about centralized control?
That’s a matter of access, not whether a sufficient amount of resources exist.
It’s been demonstrated repeatedly that markets distribute goods better than centralized control systems, every time.
When centralized control is seized, people start lacking. When the control of food is seized centrally, people starve.
Who said anything about centralized control?