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Interesting how artists don't make enough money from their creations, so our solution is to make certain information illegal to share, rather than give them a universal basic income.

3 years ago by JackGreenEarth to c/showerthoughts

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medicsofanarchy 5 points 3 years ago

Give artists a basic universal income, and I guarantee every single person on earth will suddenly discover their "inner Picasso" to qualify.

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ultratiem 83 points 3 years ago

You say that like that would be bad.

Who fights for having people in braindead jobs, working unsafe conditions, Christ almighty. Check please.

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Wogi 20 points 3 years ago

You can debate the merits of some work, you can debate the amount people are compensated for that work. But what is absolutely not debatable is that we actually need people to do work for us to contribute to function as a society. Some of that work that's absolutely necessary is both dangerous and nigh impossible to automate. Do we need another Starbucks? No, absolutely not. But we will still need places to be built, and infrastructure maintained. There's really no escaping that.

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spacecowboy 9 points 3 years ago

It will still get done.

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Pasta4u -8 points 3 years ago

Who would work at Starbucks if you get a living wage making shitty art ?

Is there even a quota needed in this? Can I make one piece of art a week that takes ten minutes and I get my living wage ?

Why would I work 40 hours dealing with any customer. Why would I work in a field picking crops or at a construction site ?

I'll join hunter Biden making blow art and getting g paid

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Tenniswaffles 18 points 3 years ago

It'll increase demand, which should in theory increase wages for those jobs. A universal basic income is "basic" in the sense that it's the minimum to survive in society. There will still be plenty of people who want more and are therefore willing to do those jobs.

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Pasta4u -9 points 3 years ago

Except that people will only pay so much for a cup of coffee. So how much do you need to pay a retail employee to come back to work over what ubi pays and how much will the products rise in cost to off set that

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Infynis 9 points 3 years ago

Sounds like you just identified a business that shouldn't exist. If a company can't afford to pay people what they need to survive, and still make a profit, the company needs to change, or shut down. That's supposed to be the essence of the free market

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intensely_human 7 points 3 years ago

If people will only pay so much for a cup of coffee, that’s capitalist for “coffee ain’t that big a deal”.

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Garbanzo 4 points 3 years ago

how much do you need to pay a retail employee to come back to work

Probably a lot less than you'd think. With UBI there's no need for a minimum wage so if you're offering a great work environment you could pay next to nothing for labor. If the job that needs done is inherently shitty you might have to pay more, but that's already how it is for quite a few things.

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