• gandalf_der_12te
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    5 hours ago

    Well, this has been known for decades, the Club or Rome’s report (Limits of Growth) predicted this in the 1970s. Here’s a graphic from 2004:


    We need UBI (Universal Basic Income) or people are going to not be able to afford basic commodities any more. We already see working poor, it’s gonna get worse. Demand UBI.

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      Few people are just going to sit and starve. They will steal food directly or turn to other crimes to get money to buy food.

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      At this point, would UBI just enable the current shit show to continue?

      We need to get rid of all our billionaires first, then UBI.

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      4 hours ago

      UBW – universal basic work. Jobs for everyone who wants them.

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        I can think of so many jobs that we don’t have because they make no money, but that would better society as a whole. There should be no reason we can’t… do that.

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        i guess this depends on whether you see yourself as a person who deserves basic goods, or if you see yourself as a workforce who needs to be told what to do to be happy.