Re: jobs apocalypse

On Fri, 19 Jul 2024, Retrograde wrote:

On 2024-07-18, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

Also note that it is a slippery slope. Even if it would work financially,
and due to the cost and inefficiencies created it will never work in a
pre-scarcity society, it will increase inflation, so that UBI would never
fully cover everything. UBI was tried with disastrous results in the
soviet union, so it is disproven both financially and historically.

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As far as I can tell by looking around my area, if you gave everyone
a basic/universal minimum income of say $250, they would immediately
purchase and consume $250 of marijuana, alcohol, and cigarettes, and
still be broke/poor/ignorant/needy.
>
I have no faith in the human race.  Ignorant angry thunder monkeys.
>

Well, I'd say everyone -1 since I doubt that you would do that. ;)