Scott SantensMay 13, 2024
Universal basic income mitigates tunneling, meaning that people are more able to think beyond just one focus. The need to earn survival income tends to function like blinders that block out everything else but your focus on basic needs. Until they're obtained, we can't think beyond.
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In my opinion, the following thoughts provided by @yosh need to be taken into account when talking about #ubi as otherwise it might not work on a large scale.
https://toot.yosh.is/@yosh/112305364285197615

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yosh (@[email protected])

I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again, but the idea of UBI seems like a red herring to me. UBI is not going to work if basic human necessities aren’t already subject to strong regulations already. All things equal, say every individual person gets a flat sum each month. Capital will always try and find a way to capture that extra income. Unless, of course, they are legally prohibited to. What we really need is shelter, healthcare, food, water, etc. guaranteed for everyone.

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Show threadMauve 👁💜May 13, 2024
@mkroehnert @scottsantens @yosh Yeah I agree UBI isn't enough on it's own but I think it will help people even in the short term just by looking at the studies. One thing is that even some extra money could help reduce stress for folks to have energy to fight for all the other things.