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Originally Posted by Mathgod
It sounds like you cherrypicked what you wanted to pay attention to, and ignored the rest of the video.
The video said autonomy, mastery, and purpose... not just mastery. It also talked about how people tend to operate at their best when they aren't thinking about money and stressing out over their finances.
What's more, a person spending all their days on hobbies is actually doing more good for society than a person who is getting involved in criminal activities. Like Carlin said, "You show me a lazy prick who's lying in bed all day, watching TV, only occasionally getting up to piss, and I'll show you a guy who's not causing any trouble."
UBI is capitalism that doesn't start at zero. People are still free to interact in the marketplace, to exchange their services for monetary rewards.
We'd keep a slimmed down version of all of those. For example, I think it would be a good idea to introduce some component of partial user payment to bring down public health care costs. We need a complete overhaul and rethink regarding education, because it's very wasteful in its current form, and doesn't accomplish its purported goals very well. Infrastructure spending can be severely reduced from its current levels.
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I think if anyone tried to get elected on a platform that included UBI, higher taxes, and health care user fees they would quickly learn that isn't politically viable.