| ▲ | JumpCrisscross 14 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||
> doesn't mean that they don't overwhelmingly produce useless things, or things that are more expensive than they're worth One could say the same thing about all the little art projects a hypothetical society on UBI might busy itself making. The pertinent difference seems to be one about scale and co-ordination. Job guarantees say we work together–through a centralised power–to build big things. Handing everyone cash leans more towards arts and crafts and consumption. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | fluoridation 13 hours ago | parent [-] | ||||||||||||||||
>Job guarantees say we work together–through a centralised power–to build big things. Handing everyone cash leans more towards arts and crafts and consumption. Creating busywork doesn't strike me as a particularly worthwhile endeavor, compared to idleness. | |||||||||||||||||
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