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RE: Better than UBI: Human Reason To Work... what the proponents MISS!
My take is that UBI is a curse who work to earn a living and a blessing to those who want to create. just imagine if Tesla, Nietzsche, Charles Dickens, Paulo Coelho had UBI. But they didn't go on protests because they were putting their free time on doing things they love and creating stuff. When you think about it, the ones who deserve UBI the most are ones who work the hardest and vise versa.
This is indeed the case. It is why the original picture (just the left hand side) seems correct. However, it is these self starters that will make it with or without UBI.
If we could really separate this group out, it is less than 10%. And would be easy to fund them. But, i know of know way of doing that with the power of govern-cement that wouldn't destroy everything. (think about think tanks. Then think about think tanks that you can't leave. A plush prison.)
So, i suggested in previous "Better Than UBI" posts that we, the community, build a tiny house/apartment for every man, woman and child. And then open cafeteria / soup kitchens everywhere. Those who need a place to sleep, have it. Those who need a meal, have it. And this would be far cheaper than we spend on section 8 housing.
It's more about the opportunity cost really. 99.99999% of the time these people would manage something. But they could invent and contribute a lot more if they had the basic funding. Human mind and abilities develop and blossom in an accelerating pace. Think how fast computers and the internet developed. One invention paves the way for another.
It's impossible to do as long as strong governments exist.
As long as it has solid community guidelines this is exactly what we need. The problem is that SJWs would easily mess thins up into a political agenda and push the project to involve the worst kind of human beings which would actually drive away the good ones. We can already see this happening in EU.