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by tirant 451 days ago
That's the most anti-social aspect of the UBI.

Historically, jobs or professions always existed around the intrinsic motivation of the person working and around the needs of the society around that person.

So you could become a poet, but if you do not write poems that people like you would starve. Or you could become a farmer and provide the best apples in your city and you will earn a more than deserve income.

That's why free economies have developed historically so much better than any centrally planned economy.