The case against UBI should not rest on threatening people with poverty
AaronBergman18 · x · 2026-07-24
The poster argues that the idea “people need to be threatened with poverty to find meaning in work” sets the bar far too high.
- They push back on the claim that there should be no UBI because people find meaning in paid work.
- In the hypothetical future they describe, work is still allowed and people are not forced to hand away UBI.
- The core point is that personal fulfillment from work should not be generalized into a rule for everyone.
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