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AI is coming for our jobs! Could universal basic income be the solution? (www.theguardian.com)
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[โ€“] UziBobuzi@kbin.social 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The capitalist oligarchy will never allow UBI. They want people desperate and starving so they'll take any crumbs tossed their way.

[โ€“] kozy138@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Corporations will just make everything more expensive relatively to the amount of extra income everyone is getting. Cause why wouldn't they? They'll probably blame labor shortages again too.