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When 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'. (lemm.ee)
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Those seem incompatible to me.

(UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)

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[-] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 7 points 10 months ago

You must live in VENEZUELA or some other SOCIAMIST HELLHOLE!

Americans have the freedom to literally arbitrarily raise the rent to whatever they like YEEEEEEHAW!

[-] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah, the socialist hellhole that is the Netherlands. Ranked 8 in the Index of economic freedom (USA is #25)

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee -2 points 10 months ago

Okay let’s say I own a condo and I’m renting it out. I raise the rent to a million dollars a month.

What happens next?

[-] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 3 points 10 months ago

Depends on the location but most likely demand will be zero.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

So I don’t get my million dollars a month??

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