| > Lots of people do lots of things for reasons other than money Yes, but most do earn some money. Or in other words they provide some service to other people in exchange for others doing things for them. Literally doing their part to be in a society. But with UBI there is no longer any obligation for even a base level of doing service to anyone else. > and we’re heading towards an economy where living a middle class life doesn’t require everyone to work. No, but we are hundreds of years from Star Trek utopia where basically nobody has to work. I don't think you get my point about just how unproductive society would be if everyone had FU money. Literally anybody could say "Oh, I can't take a month off, starting tomorrow? Ok, then I quit. Bye". > We’re not in a post scarcity economy but it’s nearby. Not even remotely close. Nothing in the world is not scarce. Hell, they say water is going to be the next big expensive thing. With the growth we have, in people and resource consumption, if anything we are further away from post scarcity now than ever. |