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by agentultra 1163 days ago
The reward for increased productivity is more work!

The problem for the capitalist is having to pay all those pesky people to do the work. Eats into profits. Now we can burn out 2 people and do the work that used to take 10!
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amrocha 1163 days ago
But wait, that means there 8 unemployed people without money to spend on our business...

Oh I know! Get the government to give everyone money! Just not so much money that they can compete with us!

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quickthrower2 1162 days ago
This but un-ironically! Politically it is hard ti support UBI. But print a $10k stipend for every person because the economy is tanking is obviously palatable. It is always seen as fine if you fix a problem in retrospect and without a tax rise. Money will eventually be like Robux.
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weatherlite 1162 days ago
> Politically it is hard ti support UBI.

Yeah? Maybe now. Let's see in 5-10 years. I don't think things will remain the same.

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