iusprimaenoctis t1_j0kvv91 wrote on December 17, 2022 at 12:39 PM

Reply to comment by aFoxNamedMorris in The Reality of Universal Basic Income Future by Prototype47

Reads like a boomer's or early gen x neocon's temper tantrum.

TheCrimsonDagger t1_j0l6qom wrote on December 17, 2022 at 2:27 PM

Yeah, this just screams someone who is a workaholic to me. The idea that someone has to have a traditional job to be productive and socially active is incredibly shortsighted. Anything that makes someone feel fulfilled and gives them a purpose is “work”. It doesn’t matter if that is building birdhouses, speedrunning video games, or manually filling out excel spreadsheets.

StanielBlorch t1_j0lt0eo wrote on December 17, 2022 at 5:15 PM

>The idea that someone has to have a traditional job to be productive and socially active is incredibly shortsighted.

Calvinism is the root cause of many a case of misanthropic brain worms.

Psychomadeye t1_j0o8qi6 wrote on December 18, 2022 at 4:13 AM

You can read it in Alex Jones's voice.

anglesideside1 t1_j0l93c0 wrote on December 17, 2022 at 2:47 PM

Socialism is a term thrown around too much these days, but that’s literally the definition of socialism.

iusprimaenoctis t1_j0mloos wrote on December 17, 2022 at 8:34 PM

Is it though? My understanding of socialism would be how a convent functions where wealth is distributed evenly. UBI simply adds a poverty 'floor', people are free to pursue greater personal wealth.