r/BasicIncome 17h ago

Question Where did this strange idea of UBI leading to "less fulfillment" come from?

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This is one I keep seeing on arguments against UBI, that it will lead to people living without jobs (itself that, majority-wise, has been demonstrated to be false) and not having "fulfillment." Has anyone making that argument worked at a modern job? Because I can tell you that a majority of jobs I have had are even less "fulfilling" than sitting around staring at the ceiling (especially for the pay and "benefits" they offer if you can call them that), let alone doing the things I like to do that corporate entities have no interest in paying someone for doing (art, game development, composing, etc). Even the most conservative redneck person surely can see the appeal of getting paid to work on their truck or something like that that actually gives some personal satisfaction rather than being squeezed to give someone else more money, so what gives?


r/BasicIncome 11h ago

Adults lifted out of poverty by China's national program scored higher on cognitive tests afterward — and which kind of thinking improved depended on where a person started

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