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Shoreleave on July 30, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0

I can absolutely see how it would enable a certain type of very creative, very hard working person to peruse something they couldn't originally due to hard circumstances. But that seems like a minority case.

I'm curious what the other 95% are going to do.

spyckie2 on July 30, 2020 [–]

Drugs and alcohol.

They'd probably do it regardless of UBI, but without UBI they do it and are slightly more angry or frustrated at their own situation.

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