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Topic	the pro-work case for a UBI
Romulox28 08/31/17 10:29:08 AM #12:	ChromaticAngel posted... Romulox28 posted... while Matt Bruenig responded by pointing out all the ways the rich receive vastly more “passive income” than the poor (like from interest and capital gains) without an apparent loss of purpose. good article but this point is really dumb lol What's dumb about it? People like Bill Gates would get millions of dollars a week just for sitting on his ass and yet he still works super hard. operates under the assumption that the very rich are all happier and feel a greater sense of purpose than us normie wage slaves. i am sure you could find tons of very rich trust fund kids, actors, socialites, etc that have more money than they could ever need but have a very depressed existence. look at someone like Notch, the dude is a billionaire and spends all day on reddit writing about how much he hates his life. it's one of the far left ideas that confuses me. they believe that money is detrimental to human happiness/progress/etc yet simultaneously believe that having lots of money buys you the best life possible at the expense of others. --- A Green Butter Alt http://i.imgur.com/LhwwG.gif <cite>Romulox28 posted [p:885774978] in the pro-wo... [t:75724496]...</cite> <quote><cite>ChromaticAngel posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Romulox28 posted...</cite> <quote><quote>while Matt Bruenig responded by pointing out all the ways the rich receive vastly more “passive income” than the poor (like from interest and capital gains) without an apparent loss of purpose.</quote> good article but this point is really dumb lol</quote> What's dumb about it? People like Bill Gates would get millions of dollars a week just for sitting on his ass and yet he still works super hard.</quote> operates under the assumption that the very rich are all happier and feel a greater sense of purpose than us normie wage slaves. i am sure you could find tons of very rich trust fund kids, actors, socialites, etc that have more money than they could ever need but have a very depressed existence. look at someone like Notch, the dude is a billionaire and spends all day on reddit writing about how much he hates his life. it's one of the far left ideas that confuses me. they believe that money is detrimental to human happiness/progress/etc yet simultaneously believe that having lots of money buys you the best life possible at the expense of others. --- A Green Butter Alt http://i.imgur.com/LhwwG.gif</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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