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Originally Posted by AltaGuy
Basically, I don't see how UBI works without buy-in from large corporations, but I also don't see how it is realistically possible to make them pay for it. So, I doubt it happens unless we have to because the world economy is cratering without a healthy consumer base.
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Agreed. Corporations would need to subsidize a UBI directly, something which is hard to imagine.
I actually think it's more likely that we'll see corporations move to a subscriber model for everything, similar to how telecoms work. So you'll sign a two-year contract with Amazon Corp or Google Corp or whoever to provide all of their goods and services at a heavily discounted rate. Consumers get their lifestyles subsidized, and corporations get to lock in market share and data collection. This will become more feasible as most commerce, including groceries, restaurants, etc. shifts to digital.
That would leave government to foot the subsidy for rent/real estate, which would cost a lot less than a full UBI.