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Originally Posted by puckedoff
UBI would usher in the end times. I think you would end up with the ultra rich, and then everyone else living in serfdom / reserve type conditions. Not saying capitalism won't send us there anyways, but UBI would definitely accelerate it.
A system like that would lead to the ultra rich looking at the rest of the non-working population as leeches, and you would see supervillians rise up which attempt to sterilize or otherwise dispose of the population.
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The ultra-rich would have to subsidize it. There is going to come a time that some degree of wealth re-distribution becomes necessary.
They need those "leeches" to afford the crap and product replacement cycle that keeps them in power. If the middle class continues to lose financial ground, it won't be able to be the cog that the machine depends on.