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sol_invictus | 4 years ago

I dont understand the logic in this at all. Is the idea to have some sort of free flowing money pool a la UBI that ensures all people can obtain basic necessities? If so, then what will ensure those necessities exist in the first place if the intent is to remove money as a tool of trade? You cant just make supply and demand magically disappear.

This sounds just about as superficial as the dude on fox news who wants to walk dogs and teach philosophy as their profession. Surprisingly or not, none of the antiwork activists are queuing to work in rice fields or other gritty but absolutely necessary jobs.

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JSavageOne|4 years ago

Never said anything about abolishing money or supply and demand. Supply and demand would continue to exist.

Look into the vast plethora of research on universal basic income before you dismiss it as "superficial" without even understanding what it even is.

sol_invictus|4 years ago

So lets say 50% of farmers quit and become philosophizing dog-walkers, please explain how you avoid a global famine and / or how you distribute food to people and simulatenously take five minutes to think what happens to food prices when its suddenly a scarcity, and what happens to the value of your monthly universal income

Protip: we’re experiencing the same effect right now thanks to liberal money-printing for ”covid relief”