I believe as automation improves and more menial tasks and jobs people don’t work for themselves are replaced by machines, the better off we will be. I believe the ideal situation will be where everyone is able to work only the careers they want, regardless of what field it’s in. With universal basic income, we could better meet the inevitable automation of much of our otherwise manual labor in fields that people work because they have to make ends meet.
The problem is you can’t just institute basic income for everyone. The problems with our economy are foundational and structural. […]
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