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by apatters 3629 days ago
Whether UBI works or not might turn out to be a cultural thing. There are societies which value getting ahead of your neighbors and there are societies which value everyone being roughly equal.

In a society where being too ambitious is frowned upon (and if you live in America, it might sound crazy, but there are plenty of these), if you live in a neighborhood where everyone is on UBI, why would anyone get a job?

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"Universal" in UBI implies every neighborhood. It's the the defining characteristic in comparison to welfare, everyone gets it.