[badestrand]

Interesting points about SA and UAE. My take would be that Basic Income requires a certain level of society. Just like democracy, which requires people to be informed and free of the worries of basic needs.

>> But the thing is there’s no way to know how many will just sit on their ass doing nothing

I absolutely agree but don't see it as an argument against BI. We can just approach it slowly.

[zo1]

"Just like democracy, which requires people to be informed and free of the worries of basic needs."

The world is filled with people that are uninformed (or would disagree with your definition of "informed", even). I don't think you'd be able to find any large group of people that would make this work to a sufficient degree if we go off your premise about them being "informed".

[Divver]

Yeah I agree with you that fear of the unknown shouldn’t be a reason to not try something new.

Although for many of us (myself included from time to time), it ends up being the strongest reason to resist change, especially when you happen to already be in relatively fortunate/satisfactory position.

Lol I guess that hackneyed FDR quote about “fearing fear” was a lot more poignant than I initially thought haha.