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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Lamp lighters, cotton pickers, wooden teeth makers, wool socks knitters, muck rakers, medical leech farmers... the list of jobs and entire industries destroyed in the name of "progress" goes on and on. We're going to be totally out of jobs any day now!

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

I always go with buggy whip manufacturers and ice delivery people.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Well, we are trying to find even more banal jobs to fill in the blanks. Who out there thought influencer would be a job some day?

With UBI, people would be more inclined to pursue their own interests. They would have more time to set up that little shop selling handcrafted items. There would be more variation and competition. Even more niche products could be created and sold, because there is no fear they will ever go bankrupt.