Imagine a world where the only meaningful thing left to do was get down to the business of creating art. Would that world without want also lack the inspiration to create?
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Can you point me towards arguments for
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NIT would need to be means tested, which would result in extra bureaucracy and fraud. A UBI is simpler and cleaner. As for UBI causing inflation, I'd suggest reading this by
@scottsantens: https://medium.com/basic-income/wouldnt-unconditional-basic-income-just-cause-massive-inflation-fe71d69f15e7 … - 4 more replies
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I can not easily tell the difference between 'want' and 'need'? That's so often a mater of perspective and time. Won't todays wants will become tomorrows needs? We are naturally greedy.
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A want is something you'd like to have. A need is something you couldn't live without. I think it is needs (food, shelter, paid bills, etc) rather than wants that keep people in shitty jobs, preventing them from fulfilling their creative potential.
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