JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoWhen talking to people who dislike UBI about UBI, they'll often say both that 'people need a purpose in life' and that 'nobody will work if they get free money'.message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhen talking to people who dislike UBI about UBI, they'll often say both that 'people need a purpose in life' and that 'nobody will work if they get free money'.JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
Those seem incompatible to me. (UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)
minus-squareBrainsploosh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoNow we only have to elect decision makers that make policy on facts and not feelings.
minus-squarenoobdoomguy8658@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoBut what do we do about the lobbying majority that will overshadow our elected decision-makers?
Now we only have to elect decision makers that make policy on facts and not feelings.
But what do we do about the lobbying majority that will overshadow our elected decision-makers?