Submitted by jormungandrsjig t3_zvhbvw in technology
Flame87 t1_j1raagl wrote
Reply to comment by Prinzmegaherz in Robots Are Replacing Workers Lost in the Pandemic. They're Here to Stay. by jormungandrsjig
You're trying to attack UBI but all you did was describe modern day capitalism as is. ๐
"The 1% can own everything as long as somebody gets less peanut scraps than me. If everyone gets the same amount of scraps then those other recipients are the problem"
Prinzmegaherz t1_j1t8grn wrote
The thing is, if UBI is just like the status quo, it wonโt change anything.
Flame87 t1_j1t97ht wrote
How boring are you that there's that there's NOTHING ELSE you could be doing without a 40 hour job you hate cause having a roof is pretty cool?
The whole point is that as work becomes less of a "one missed check from homelessness necessity" you can hold out for a job you want. Or start that business with a little breathing room. Or take up art and persue that. The possibilities are endless, while nobody has been able to provide an alternative solution to the very real breakneck pace to automation except accepting our inevitable tumble cause "durr change scary" even though (by your own admission) NOTHING WOULD FUCKING CHANGE except the ability to escape abusive working conditions.
What the hell is it with Americans that the only acceptable system is being broke, abused, and trapped in shit work where management knows they can do ANYTHING AT ALL? Really though, we know the answer. Gotta uphold the power trip fantasy structure because you were lied to and told one day YOU can be the exploiter. Never mind that those people have been building barriers for decades and only 0.some% make it there, surely they'll make an exception for you, because unlike a billion other Americans you are the GoLdEn ChIlD oF aMeRiCaN eXcEpTiOnAlIsM.
Prinzmegaherz t1_j1twvcq wrote
How Dunning Kruger of you. Not getting the point of the discussion and being all smug about it.
Flame87 t1_j1tx3in wrote
"If I print off a Wikipedia page full of fallacies I'll never have to actually argue again, just throw a dart and start masturbating"
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