Do we need it or not?
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I've been thinking that we do.
Automation WILL eliminate all jobs that CAN be automated...that means just about every job that most people do.
How will people earn monies to buy stuff if they don't have a job?
Perhaps we're thinking conventionally. Perhaps we should think 'outside the box'. The problem is NOT having jobs (or not) the problem is having an income to buy 'stuff'.
Which gets us back to UBI. (steal from the rich and give to the poor). Right?
Maybe not.
WHY is there such a huge income disparity to begin with? Why are the rich so poor...and other people not?
Perhaps if that factor were to be considered then we'd have a more clear view of the problem.