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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://graeber.social/users/DGI/statuses/114050546164096931">David Graeber Institute (dgi@graeber.social)'s status on Monday, 24-Feb-2025 00:03:14 JST</a><a href="https://graeber.social/@DGI" title="dgi@graeber.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/theme/gnusocialjp/default-avatar-stream.png" width="48" height="48" alt="David Graeber Institute" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">David Graeber Institute</a></section><article><p>A few thoughts on Universal Basic Income.</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4617079#notice-9038695">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-02-24T00:03:14+09:00" title="Monday, 24-Feb-2025 00:03:14 JST">about 4 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://graeber.social/@DGI/114050546164096931" rel="external" title="Sent from graeber.social via ActivityPub">graeber.social</a></span></span><a href="https://graeber.social/@DGI/114050546164096931">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/4187507">I think UBI is great. It’s an acknowledgement that nobody else 
has the right to tell you what you can best contribute to the world, 
and it’s based on a certain faith — that people want to contribute 
something to the world, most people do. I’m sure there are a few 
people who would be parasites, but most people actually want to 
do something; they want to feel that they have contributed 
something to the society around them.The problem is that we have this gigantic apparatus that 
presumes to tell people who’s worthy, who’s not, what people 
should be doing, what they shouldn’t. They’re all about assessing 
value, but in fact, the whole system fell apart in 2008 because 
nobody really knows how to do it. We don’t really know how 
to assess the value of people’s work, of people’s contributions, 
of people themselves, and philosophically, that makes sense; 
there is no easy way to do it. So the best thing to do is just to 
say, alright, everyone go out and you decide for yourselves.
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David Graeber Institute (dgi@graeber.social)'s status on Monday, 24-Feb-2025 00:03:14 JST David Graeber Institute
A few thoughts on Universal Basic Income.
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1. I think UBI is great. It’s an acknowledgement that nobody else has the right to tell you what you can best contribute to the world, and it’s based on a certain faith — that people want to contribute something to the world, most people do. I’m sure there are a few people who would be parasites, but most people actually want to do something; they want to feel that they have contributed something to the society around them. The problem is that we have this gigantic apparatus that presumes to tell people who’s worthy, who’s not, what people should be doing, what they shouldn’t. They’re all about assessing value, but in fact, the whole system fell apart in 2008 because nobody really knows how to do it. We don’t really know how to assess the value of people’s work, of people’s contributions, of people themselves, and philosophically, that makes sense; there is no easy way to do it. So the best thing to do is just to say, alright, everyone go out and you decide for yourselves. . - David Graeber
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