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You parent's argument is poorly stated if the desire is to appeal to conservatives. Indeed, many people will object for the reason you stated. There are a few premises that must be established to make a case for BI. 1. We are approaching a post-scarcity economy. 2. In a post-scarcity economy, many people will lose the ability to support themselves\their families, as whole industries are automated. 3. In the case of m…
I strongly agree with this. I'm being contrarian with my questions above (and may do so again in the future) becuase it seems to me that the big obstacles to a basic income are cultural and political, and I'm trying to figure out good solutions to that problem. As a parallel, consider immigration. From an economic point of view, open borders make a lot of sense because the supply of labor can easily adjust to the dem…
Re: Outsourced Jobs Are No Longer Cheap, So They're Being Automated
#111Why don't we join together and stablish UNIVERSALY UBI? We are about to finish citizens initiative in Spain. Switzerland is about to make a referendum. UE is discussing it on parlament... This is a global conversation. What inmigration?