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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Oh, don't get me wrong — my position has never been that UBI can't work under the right conditions.

My position is that UBI cannot work without very major changes first. I don't doubt that UBI can inject a lot of good into an individual's standard of living — without some kind of regulation associated with it, which requires those regulatory agencies to not be inherently corrupt, UBI seems impossible.