testeronious@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agoSome people are being given thousands of dollars with no strings attached in universal basic income trials. They mostly spend the cash wisely.www.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1662arrow-down17cross-posted to: economics@lemmy.worldbasicincome@lemmy.world
arrow-up1655arrow-down1external-linkSome people are being given thousands of dollars with no strings attached in universal basic income trials. They mostly spend the cash wisely.www.businessinsider.comtesteronious@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square110fedilinkcross-posted to: economics@lemmy.worldbasicincome@lemmy.world
minus-squareJamesTBagg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33·3 months agoWhat makes it worse, those people almost never actually struggled. Otherwise they may have learned to suffer some empathy.
minus-squareEmpathicVagrant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoI’ve watched someone start to empathize and then talk themselves out of it so many times I’ve lost faith in someone’s ability to learn it.
What makes it worse, those people almost never actually struggled. Otherwise they may have learned to suffer some empathy.
I’ve watched someone start to empathize and then talk themselves out of it so many times I’ve lost faith in someone’s ability to learn it.