Hello, I’m not that informed about UBI, but here is my arguement:

Everyone gets some sort of income, but wouldn’t companies just subside the income by raising their prices? Also, do you believe capatilism can co-exist with UBI?

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    16 hours ago

    Everyone gets some sort of income, but wouldn’t companies just subside the income by raising their prices? Also, do you believe capatilism can co-exist with UBI?

    Kinda defeat the purpose, because a UBI is supposed to support a decent, respectable livelihood. So the higher their prices are, the more taxes they’ll have to pay, to support a higher UBI. You cant have UBI without capitalism, because capitalism creates the conditions where a UBI is necessary.

    and yes, I do. Companies are moving towards full automation, all the more possible with the advent of AI… and they are doing that explicitly to fire human employees to save costs. There will soon be a time where there wont be enough jobs for people, Which will be a fork in the road of incredible civil unrest, violence, and possible war… or a UBI so people can live with dignity, freed from the labors of capitalism by automation.

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      15 hours ago

      Kinda defeat the purpose, because a UBI is supposed to support a decent, respectable livelihood

      “decent, respectable” These are subjective terms. Since UBI is a concept, there is no legal definition I’m aware of, but I imagine there are vast differences in what separate people would envision what a “decent and respectable” life would be provided by UBI.

      I still support UBI anyway.