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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Universal Basic Income, ala star trek, is an option, then just let everybody make cool shit.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Star Trek has no Universal Basic Income. It has replicators for all your basic needs.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Replicators, which are universal and basic.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It, uh...makes...food...uh...come in...?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Money has a definition. It is exchanged for goods and services. In the Star Trek universe, they are not trading replicators in exchange for goods and services, the goods are made by the replicator and services are provided freely. Therefore replicators are not money or income or anything.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Money has a definition, but "income" is the word used, and that's a euphemism that could be remapped.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Hahahaha, you're funny.

Because people suddenly become altruistic, and won't try to fuck over the next person?

UBI won't fix human nature.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

oh no the human nature argument

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

If treated like animals, that's what happens. Observe the difference between U.S. criminal justice, and the Netherlands. Without a chip in your shoulder, it's pretty simple.