[andorov]

> Land used to exist without a monetary cost to access it. That was the natural way of things prior to the private property system and monetary system.

All land / resources were staked out by small tribes of humans who might kill you for using it?

[dktoao]

Yes, that is the process of "civilization" that he is talking about in the article. I'm starting to think that some of these comments are generated by someone typing "Give me a really generic conservative argument against UBI" into ChatGPT.

[kodyo]

The arguments for it aren't impressive either.

[dktoao]

What arguments for it? I scanned this entire thread and I don't see a single one.

[andorov]

I'm not presenting an argument against UBI - I am pointing out that his argument is flawed.

Small tribes of humans defending hunting/foraging grounds is a state of pre-civilization. Life required work then too, and things were worse. His premise is that things used to be better and we've made it worse. Hard disagree.

[Dylan16807]

The post is suggesting that the community nature of land ownership was better at that point in time, not that anything else was better.

Do you think the risk of death from other tribes is inextricably tied to community-owned land?