This is a bad answer. First of all, saying "conditional basic income" is like saying dehydrated water. Second, those like Reid enjoy passive income without work requirements through stock dividends and earned interest. If it's good for them, it's good for the rest of us. Third, UBI doesn't need AI. - ThreadSky

scottsantens.com • 1 day ago

This is a bad answer. First of all, saying "conditional basic income" is like saying dehydrated water. Second, those like Reid enjoy passive income without work requirements through stock dividends and earned interest. If it's good for them, it's good for the rest of us. Third, UBI doesn't need AI.

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scottsantens.com•1 day ago

When billionaires claim we aren't yet productive enough to be able to do universal basic income, it conceals the $79 trillion in vast wealth they've accumulated via productivity growth over the past 5 decades that should have gone to all of us as wages but didn't, and would currently be $1500/mo.

one010.bsky.social•1 day ago

I think Warren Buffet mentioned that if large corporations paid their fair share of tax then it would severely decrease the federal tax that the average person pays for

(I'm not from the US so please do correct me if I'm wrong on this)

generalmonkey.bsky.social•1 day ago

It also conceals the opportunity we have lacked due to market domination and the potential unfulfilled due to patent squatting. We cannot imagine where we would be if not for billionaires' yoke.

UBI throws off our yoke - CBI is a carrot to dangle in front of us.

tegidroberts.bsky.social•1 day ago

Another PayPal mafia billionaire telling us how we should live.

verbaljones.bsky.social•1 day ago

We have tried "conditional" basic income -- in the form of the minimum wage. Miserable capitalist scumbags like Hoffman have used all the resources they can to keep that minimum wage from even adjusting for inflation for over 30 years now.

angryoldleftist.bsky.social•1 day ago

I imagine a day when the top tax rate is 91% again and all of the arguments against UBI fall away like the leaves of autumn trees.

janushasseriis.bsky.social•1 day ago

He must have a lot of money invested in AI, the way he jams it into every subject and conversation

cloudblood.music•1 day ago

CBI already exists. It's disability benefits lol.

gof9ggof3.bsky.social•1 day ago

In Ontario those disability payments keep people in permanent poverty and do NOT cover cost of living!

cloudblood.music•1 day ago

Same in the US

scottsantens.com•1 day ago

The concept he's referring to is called participation income, or even a job guarantee, but basic income is by definition unconditional.

jlucianblackwell.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thieves, the mega wealthy are all thieves.

jlucianblackwell.bsky.social•1 day ago

And I know I'm not using Linkedin, just AI data scrappers. Any personal info added to the service is just getting sold to the highest bidder.

brentpeters.me•1 day ago

Yeah horrible idea. Of course it's from LinkedIn.

micsondorp.bsky.social•1 day ago

yea right. And he doesn't seem to realise that many people now on social security are already doing care work out of free will. He acts like everyone will stop working if they had UBI, which is total BS

rpstrambi.bsky.social•1 day ago

CBI... the path to a classic bullish job generator.

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