Capitalism as it is applied today is incompatible with any kind of increase in quality of life for the general population and any efficiency gain is pocketed by the richs, and the different branches of the government are captured in pretty much every country in the world.
In a fairer world, companies would be highly taxed. To reduce the taxation burden, companies would need to invest in R&D, employees compensation and community building/support, which would include a UBI of some sort. Companies could still generate profit, but not in the absurd amount that we are seeing today.
In that context, automation would be a no brainer.
But I genuinely believe that UBI or anything similar will not happen in my lifetime because rich people’s influence is too strong and the common person will vote against their interests because of the constant barrage of propaganda.
I appreciate you taking about some general approaches you would like to see for your vision of UBI, but I’m still not seeing much actual application of what would happen for Jim, or his prior employer.
To talk specifics I’m seeing we could do it from one of two periods of time:
UBI is just being implemented so its all new to everyone
UBI has been fulling implemented
Each will have their own challenges and problems, so I want you to choose the best situation for your scenario. I’m trying to set you up for success in this conversation, because I want it to work too. However, I have yet to see a complete picture which I can see working.
I’m guessing you’d like to work through this scenario in an example where your version of UBI is fully implemented and how it works for Jim in that siutation. Can we go from there?
I wasn’t the original OP.
Capitalism as it is applied today is incompatible with any kind of increase in quality of life for the general population and any efficiency gain is pocketed by the richs, and the different branches of the government are captured in pretty much every country in the world.
In a fairer world, companies would be highly taxed. To reduce the taxation burden, companies would need to invest in R&D, employees compensation and community building/support, which would include a UBI of some sort. Companies could still generate profit, but not in the absurd amount that we are seeing today.
In that context, automation would be a no brainer.
But I genuinely believe that UBI or anything similar will not happen in my lifetime because rich people’s influence is too strong and the common person will vote against their interests because of the constant barrage of propaganda.
I appreciate you taking about some general approaches you would like to see for your vision of UBI, but I’m still not seeing much actual application of what would happen for Jim, or his prior employer.
To talk specifics I’m seeing we could do it from one of two periods of time:
Each will have their own challenges and problems, so I want you to choose the best situation for your scenario. I’m trying to set you up for success in this conversation, because I want it to work too. However, I have yet to see a complete picture which I can see working.
I’m guessing you’d like to work through this scenario in an example where your version of UBI is fully implemented and how it works for Jim in that siutation. Can we go from there?