JackGreenEarth to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 6 months agoWhen talking to people who dislike UBI about UBI, they'll often say both that 'people need a purpose in life' and that 'nobody will work if they get free money'.message-square246fedilinkarrow-up1355arrow-down132file-text
arrow-up1323arrow-down1message-squareWhen talking to people who dislike UBI about UBI, they'll often say both that 'people need a purpose in life' and that 'nobody will work if they get free money'.JackGreenEarth to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square246fedilinkfile-text
Those seem incompatible to me. (UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)
minus-squareqyronlinkfedilink0•6 months agoNo, it’s just that if you quit, the other side wins. And unlike yourself, I’ll risk, the other part is not a good bunch.
minus-square@Ensign_CrablinkEnglish1•6 months agoIf I don’t quit, they win too. It’s easy for you to tell me not to quit.
minus-square@Ensign_CrablinkEnglish1•edit-26 months agoFine. You want to act like what I’m doing is easy because you already got yours? You’re already doing it. I don’t want to quit. I’m just not great at endurance after decades of fruitless labor.
If only.
Try
Been tryin’ for decades.
Keep at it
Yeah, it’s funny watching people like me fail.
No, it’s just that if you quit, the other side wins. And unlike yourself, I’ll risk, the other part is not a good bunch.
If I don’t quit, they win too. It’s easy for you to tell me not to quit.
Fine. You want to quit? Do it.
Fine. You want to act like what I’m doing is easy because you already got yours? You’re already doing it. I don’t want to quit. I’m just not great at endurance after decades of fruitless labor.