JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoWhen talking to people who dislike UBI about UBI, they'll often say both that 'people need a purpose in life' and that 'nobody will work if they get free money'.message-squaremessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up13arrow-down1message-squareWhen talking to people who dislike UBI about UBI, they'll often say both that 'people need a purpose in life' and that 'nobody will work if they get free money'.JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-text
Those seem incompatible to me. (UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)
minus-squarebartolomeo@suppo.filinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoYou must live in VENEZUELA or some other SOCIAMIST HELLHOLE! Americans have the freedom to literally arbitrarily raise the rent to whatever they like YEEEEEEHAW!
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·8 months agoOkay let’s say I own a condo and I’m renting it out. I raise the rent to a million dollars a month. What happens next?
minus-squarebartolomeo@suppo.filinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoDepends on the location but most likely demand will be zero.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·8 months agoSo I don’t get my million dollars a month??
You must live in VENEZUELA or some other SOCIAMIST HELLHOLE!
Americans have the freedom to literally arbitrarily raise the rent to whatever they like YEEEEEEHAW!
Okay let’s say I own a condo and I’m renting it out. I raise the rent to a million dollars a month.
What happens next?
Depends on the location but most likely demand will be zero.
So I don’t get my million dollars a month??