The purpose of a business is to make money The purpose of a government is to take care of its people Yes the layoffs suck but people blame business for what they should be blaming the government for UBI isn't a NEET fantasy, it is inevitable
@Asmongold UBI would be lovely, but there are also a lot of smart studies showing that mass layoffs are bad business, boosting revenue in the short term but harming companies over a longer horizon
@Asmongold the purpose of a government is NOT to take care of people the purpose of a government is simply to protect the rights of people so they can take care of themselves
@Asmongold Ugh bad take. It is not the purpose of the government to give everyone money, nor should it be. Money is meant to be a representation of value added to society, a quantization of how well you keep things running. You can't just give people money for nothing and get 0 consequences
No. UBI is a ridiculously ludicrous proposition. In the US, we already have many entitlements. What has that brought us? The government needs incentive structures to create productivity and a reason for citizens to create value to their fellow man. Humans having their basic needs met by stealing resources from productive tax payers won't produce the world you believe you are creating.
@Asmongold Then your country will turn into the USSR with hyper-inflation. You already got a taste with the covid baillouts.
@Asmongold The governments job is not to take care of the people, lol. Government is responsible for providing you the means to take care of yourself.