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by knodi123 2146 days ago
> We're better off with something like UBI

Okay - but are we replacing them with UBI?

It feels analogous to ripping a person off of life support while saying "some day, you'll get an organ transplant. I prefer that to keeping you alive mechanically, strapped to a bed."

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Automation makes UBI more politically and economically feasible. I.e. no-one could reasonably call for UBI when 95% of the population were farmers.