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[-] Treble@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 week ago

Universal Basic Income, ala star trek, is an option, then just let everybody make cool shit.

[-] funtrek@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 1 week ago

Star Trek has no Universal Basic Income. It has replicators for all your basic needs.

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Replicators, which are universal and basic.

[-] yeather@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago
[-] lol_idk@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago

Have you tried to make money with one?

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

It, uh...makes...food...uh...come in...?

[-] yeather@lemmy.ca 0 points 6 days ago

Money has a definition. It is exchanged for goods and services. In the Star Trek universe, they are not trading replicators in exchange for goods and services, the goods are made by the replicator and services are provided freely. Therefore replicators are not money or income or anything.

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Money has a definition, but "income" is the word used, and that's a euphemism that could be remapped.

[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago

Hahahaha, you're funny.

Because people suddenly become altruistic, and won't try to fuck over the next person?

UBI won't fix human nature.

[-] Treble@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 days ago

If treated like animals, that's what happens. Observe the difference between U.S. criminal justice, and the Netherlands. Without a chip in your shoulder, it's pretty simple.

[-] desertdruid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 week ago

oh no the human nature argument

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