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# universal-basic-income-inevitable

By refresher-comedic2d on February 9, 2026
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## Universal Basic Income: Inevitable?

Robots.

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- jet-curses9f on February 9, 2026 Reply

  Who pays for it? Inflation will skyrocket.

- noteworthy-quarantine90 on February 9, 2026 Reply

  Automation creates abundance. We just need to distribute it. It's not about money, it's about resources.

- purge-urals2a on February 9, 2026 Reply

  Short answer: Yes. Long answer: Ideally yes, but politically impossible.

- captives-ideafb on February 9, 2026 Reply

  I'd rather have Universal Basic Services. Free housing, transport, food. Keep money for luxuries.

- accelerates-wednesdaysf1 on February 9, 2026 Reply

  UBI is a bandaid on a bullet wound.

- subpoenaed-vegetable30 on February 9, 2026 Reply

  If robots do all the work, why do we need jobs? The Protestant work ethic is holding us back.

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