The problem with UBI is that it gives the government (or whatever institution provides the income) too much power. If this institution is the one institution that is largely responsible for your livelihood (assuming large-scale unemployment), then that institution has utter control over you. Any misdeed may lead to you basic income being revoked. Another less dystopian problem is that the basic income probably won’t be a substantial amount of money. There is no reason to believe that it won’t only allow you to pay for your most basic needs. So I thought of an alternative and wanted to […]
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