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   Jonathan Hartley (tartley@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jun-2024 01:55:36 JST Jonathan Hartley

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   • ɗ𐐩ʃƕρʋ

   @deshipu Hmm. My understanding is that economists believe UBI is perfectly possible, and trials of actually doing it seem to bear that out, demonstrating real societal benefits. I take it you don't have that impression yourself?

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     Jonathan Hartley (tartley@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jun-2024 01:55:37 JST Jonathan Hartley

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     @deshipu Only true if the market is the sole arbiter of one's income.

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     ɗ𐐩ʃƕρʋ (deshipu@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jun-2024 01:55:37 JST ɗ𐐩ʃƕρʋ

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     @tartley That's beside the point. Either view is an impossible ideal. Both are impossible in practice.

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     ɗ𐐩ʃƕρʋ (deshipu@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jun-2024 01:55:38 JST ɗ𐐩ʃƕρʋ

     • Spencer Beswick

     @spencerbeswick This is the landlord thinking, and sadly, it only works when you are born a landlord and inherit plenty of income sources. For sure, you can then devote all your time and energy to fun, with an occasional grand gesture doing something actually useful. If you were born in a factory worker family, tough luck. You learn that you have to work for anything you want, but that this work has real value. You won't waste your time, jump from one fancy to another when you get bored with it.