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korkkis t1_j5v3i24 wrote

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Why we’d need a job if there’s a robot for it

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ExplosionIsFar t1_j5wlf6d wrote

Why would the owners of said robots keep you well fed if you have no use?

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korkkis t1_j5xie3i wrote

Because laws and universal income

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ExplosionIsFar t1_j5xyelb wrote

Oh, laws, do you think that applies to people who will hold the most disruptive and game changing technology we ever had our hands on? Like for real..

Yeah the owners of the means of production will surely pay taxes to keep obsolete bags of meat alive for no reason whatsoever, via ubi.

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korkkis t1_j5xz3fx wrote

Not every country is USA, there’s different styles of goverments already like social democraties where capitalism isn’t unhinged

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fluffy_assassins t1_j5z8p91 wrote

I've said it before and I'll say it again. The United States and UBI are incompatible on a very basic level.

The U.S. government would rather tactically nuke protestors than consider UBI. They will just get away with it by calling the protestors "communists". I've said this before and I'll keep saying it.

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korkkis t1_j5zkjjo wrote

I’m not from US

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fluffy_assassins t1_j60tyeu wrote

Well unless you're lucky enough to be in a northern European countries you're probably still screwed.

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