• Bo7a@lemmy.ca
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    2 years ago

    This is the same tired argument that’s been used by the wealth hoarding class since like the 1800s. The facts don’t support it.

    8 hour work days will kill the economy - nope

    5 day work week will kill the economy - nope

    Minimum wage will kill the economy - nope

    <Insert the same argument for UBI> - nope

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        2 years ago

        So you can insult and call me pathetic all you want. It doesn’t really help your argument.

        How do you address the fact that every other time someone has claimed the same thing about any systemic economic change ruining the economy they have been proven wrong?

        [Edit]Oh I didn’t read usernames before replying. I should know better than to expect anything other than insults and boring old tropes from you.

        Fuck off.

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          2 years ago

          Boo. I am in favour of UBI but I would like to disavow this line of reasoning. “You must be wrong because people like you have been wrong in the past” is just ad hominem with extra steps.

          • Mommy Longarms@sh.itjust.works
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            2 years ago

            For real. You’re not gonna fix the economy with a single policy. UBI would probably do a lot of good, but not by itself.

          • davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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            2 years ago

            Please try to make your point less acerbically so that we mods don’t have to deal with reports and your arguments don’t get removed 🙏