Brutkey

Scott Santens
@scottsantens@hachyderm.io

Did you know that #basicincome experiments have shown time and time again that given the choice, people don't choose idleness? They choose education. They choose entrepreneurship. They pursue culture and care. By guaranteeing survival, universal basic income enables truly living.

Jordi (Y'all'd'n't've)
@Jorsh@beige.party

@scottsantens@hachyderm.io

The idea that so many people would choose to be lazy is, in and of itself, lazy. People have aspirations and goals that are untenable in their financial situation. Remove the barrier, and suddenly, you have millions of people enriching their lives.

We seem lazy because we're fucking depressed and tired from working all the time.

Joe Vinegar
@joe_vinegar@mastodon.bida.im

@Jorsh@beige.party @scottsantens@hachyderm.io almost all* rich people come from rich families: their survival was never depending on their work, and despite this they seem all* pretty busy.
Even the famous "self-made" ones (a laughably small percentage* crowned by selection bias), they long stopped to (depend on) work to survive, and still they all* boast working a lot.
So please tell me: why the lack of "need to work to survive" is NOT a problem for upper bourgeoisie and rich people, while it should be a problem for all the rest?

*citation needed
** for a suitable and questionable definition of "work"