[drekembe]

What kind of percentage of people that have jobs today do you think are really productive in society and benefiting it? I think having a job does not mean you are benefiting society. You can be a telemarketer, a manager in a pesticide factory or developing new ad tracking technology. In my opinion, it'd be much better for those people to stay at home with their kids and get UBI.

And like I said in my other comment, there are a bunch of incentives. People usually want to have more money to save up, buy more stuff, feel more secure, etc. so people would work to have more money than the basic income. Apart from that, people want jobs to have a higher status among their peers and some people genuinely like what they do.

If UBI was introduced, would you personally sit around all day or would you continue working? If you'd continue working, what makes you think you're the only one?

[_Understated_]

Cherry picking jobs that stir emotions doesn't count: these jobs exists purely due to supply and demand... someone wants this shitty thing done so there will be someone available to do it. That won't change.

Utopian societies don't exist but giving people free money that is paid for by the middle class (yes, the middle class will fund this, not the billionaires!) is not the answer.