Bill Gates knows better than most that there’s enough money in the world to try and tackle both climate change and poverty, and still leave him a billionaire.
I think the wording that really bugs me in his quote is “healthy and productive life”. If all the alarms are true we’re already fucked on climate, so he’s concerned about maintaining a labor force.
UBI is a pipe dream. Capitalists would never agree to pay for it. And it wouldn’t even matter if they did. Under capitalism, companies and landlords would just raise rent and prices if we all had UBI. Exactly what happened with the Covid stimulus programs.
No, unfortunately the only solution is to do away with capitalism entirely and start doing socialism instead.
Bill Gates knows better than most that there’s enough money in the world to try and tackle both climate change and poverty, and still leave him a billionaire.
I think the wording that really bugs me in his quote is “healthy and productive life”. If all the alarms are true we’re already fucked on climate, so he’s concerned about maintaining a labor force.
It’s not money. It’s timing. You really want UBI before automation. There’s never been a push for AI and robots like this before.
UBI is a pipe dream. Capitalists would never agree to pay for it. And it wouldn’t even matter if they did. Under capitalism, companies and landlords would just raise rent and prices if we all had UBI. Exactly what happened with the Covid stimulus programs.
No, unfortunately the only solution is to do away with capitalism entirely and start doing socialism instead.