• agent_nycto@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Whatever man if you care more about macroeconomics than actually helping people that’s a pretty sociopathic take. We could easily pay for a ubi with tax reform and it is one of those things that generates more money than we put into it, but what do I know, I’m someone you assume is an idiot.

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      1 day ago

      Whatever man if you care more about macroeconomics than actually helping people that’s a pretty sociopathic take.

      If you think you can help people at a national scale without macroeconomics then you are a moron.

      We could easily pay for a ubi with tax reform

      Again, under the original premise tax reform would already be occurring to pay for people’s basic needs…you know, the thing that UBI is supposed to partially cover.

      it is one of those things that generates more money than we put into i

      In our current economy…not in one where people’s basic needs are already being met.

      The theory of UBI generating more money than it cost relies on the fact that covering some people’s basic needs increases their productivity. In the economic theory we were talking about their needs would already be fully covered. Meaning there wouldn’t be an increase in productivity, meaning UBI would not generate more money than it cost.

      but what do I know, I’m someone you assume is an idiot.

      In all fairness, what you are claiming is pretty idiotic.

      Even in communist countries where people’s most basic needs are fully covered by the government, they don’t the receiver free checks from the government, in fact in most of them it’s illegal to be unemployed for long periods. Arguably productivity is even more important in planned and centralized economies, and a UBI with a socialized system would just motivate people not to work.

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        18 hours ago

        That’s pretty fucking stupid since people worked on stuff outside of subsistence farming well before money existed. You’re so wrapped up in how things are and how you think things should work you’re not seeing anything potential. In your bleak worldview humanity must enslave itself. Maybe if you had a perspective that was more focused on the happiness and well-being of humans you could use that oh-so-massive big brain of yours to figure out a way for people to have their needs met and have a functioning society, but your motivations are clearly set in a different direction.