Bad news for universal basic income
reason.com
Researchers found that giving people $1,000 every month for three years resulted in decreased productivity and earnings, and more leisure time.
  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    71·
    5 months ago

    Humans are just machines to libertarians. Except themselves of course. They’re different. They won’t be a cog. They’re a free-thinker. You’re an NPC.

    Also, more leisure time as a bad thing. Christ.

    • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      5 months ago

      I’m nearly certain my entire life has been a Truman show and that the movie with the same name by Jim Carrey was a psyop for plausible deniability.

      As proof: Belgium. Belgium doesn’t exist and it’s irrational they’d make a good waffle when they have approximately zero maple trees.