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This is one of the most horrifying comments I've ever read on this website. It's practically a dare to engage in civil war or violent revolution. People fundamentally experience life as relative - as changes. You can't "deprogram" intrinsic human nature. You can just wait 80 years for everybody who's not used to the new hell to die.

Have you lived on 12k?

24k puts you near poverty level. $1k per month will cover food expenses, it won't cover transport, shelter, and certainly not medical. On 12k per year you have enough money for food and praying that an emergency doesn't happen. It's hard enough living on 40k, and I'm not even in a place where costs are expensive.

“Let them eat cake,” or whatever.

Telling a bunch of people they should accept being poorer has always worked out historically.

> $12k a year is plenty. You’ve just been raised above your natural standard

I get where you're coming from. But this is politically unworkable, and for good reason. If AI increases productivity, that means more wealth, which means living standards should go up.

It didn't even occur to me that this might not be sarcasm until I read the other comments. Still fighting to hold onto that assumption.

You mean 12k a year with free housing and free health insurance?

These years, knowing what is tongue-in-cheek can be very difficult.

Many of us see the current US administration as being either real life modern nazis or heavily influenced by such.

So I was wondering; are you being serious?

You basic income is 12k? Congratulations, your rent just went up 12k a year.

"lifestyle expectations"

$12k might be nice in parts of Asia, but when the average rent is $1200/month, it doesn't go very far anywhere in the US.