Where would UBI come from if nobody is working?
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Honytawk@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
We should indeed have more unemployed people, since we should strive to a world where nobody has to work anymore.
Implement Universal Basic Income.
WhipTheLlama@lemmy.world 9 months ago
uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
Automated production.
It is easier to see the extinction of humanity than the end of capitalism. But if we cannot imagine the end of capitalism we will see the extinction of humanity.
Eventually, though (as Sophie From Mars speculates) the population will be reduced to where the USD and EU are meaningless, and the remaining bands act more like mutual aid.
The question is if humanity has been reduced by then to tens of millions, or thousands.
LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Or we could just get rid of money and everyone gets what they need? Like, money is just something we made up.
newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Good luck getting anyone means to give up something without getting something.
Aux@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Welcome to North Korea!