Are you in favour of UBI (Universal Basic Income) due to automation? (6 days old reddit repost)
Are you in favour of UBI (Universal Basic Income) due to automation? (6 days old reddit repost)
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I always thought UBI was not as good as just decommodifying food, housing, and whatever else.
Many people talk of UBI as transitional thing but I have no idea how would post scarcity society would look like to talk about it.
Unless there is a near infinite supply of something, it is a commodity and there is a market for it, even in a perfectly anarchistic utopia. Things take land, labor, and capital to produce. That makes them a commodity no matter what, even if the state and everyone else all insist my labor belongs to them.