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comment by am_Unition
am_Unition  ·  3653 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: So...what do you do?

    ...every now and then you'll run across some putz advocating basic income without so much as paying lip service to the sausage-making of that level of welfare.

Sometimes I feel like the only person around here who truly believes that far too large a percentage of the population would be sufficiently satisfied with rotting away on a sofa watching Jersey Shore reruns literally forever.

However, it's a testament to the optimism of Hubski's users that they believe larger numbers of people would contribute more to society in a basic income system. Naive, I think, but admirable.





kleinbl00  ·  3651 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The risk you run is for them to decide soccer hooliganism is more fun than watching Jersey Shore. Large groups of unemployed adult males are a historic recipe for disaster, basic income or no.