Possible worse-case scenario for basic income: Extortion and robbery skyrockets as criminals realize now EVERYONE has money to steal.
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Replying to @hikikomorphism
@voidfraction@cwage@drethelin yeah supposedly addicts functioned pretty well before prohibition1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@voidfraction@cwage@drethelin I'm suspicious of addiction. I rarely drink but if depressed I drink a lot. depression stops, stop drinking.2 replies 1 retweet 5 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing@voidfraction@cwage It seems plausible that basic income could palliate away a lot of addiction by improving lives3 replies 0 retweets 5 likes -
Replying to @drethelin
@drethelin@voidfraction@cwage yeah I think "addiction" is a manifestation of serious pain that's not treatable in other ways2 replies 1 retweet 7 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing@voidfraction@cwage or if there are other ways they're past deep happiness trenches. Drugs can be a local maximum1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @drethelin
@drethelin@sarahdoingthing@voidfraction@cwage times I'm p sure I'd have counted as alcoholic - least-worst of the options in a bad place1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @schakalsynthetc
@drethelin@sarahdoingthing@voidfraction@cwage tbh stopping when it wasn't needed anymore was such an *unexpectedly* easy, natural thing >1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes -
Replying to @schakalsynthetc
@drethelin@sarahdoingthing@voidfraction@cwage < that the experience forced me to rethink my concepts of addiction in hindsight1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes -
@schakalsynthetc I've heard that's how it is when you have severe physical pain and it stops, you don't get hooked on your opiates
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@schakalsynthetc people are all different and blah blah but as a phenomenon that exists...1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing yeah, ime you just stop *wanting* it - the context that made it desirable is gone2 replies 0 retweets 1 like - 2 more replies
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