Raw LLM Responses

Interesting video that I'm happy included UBI, but disappointed didn't show the flip side of how much better things could be if we went that way. By the way, I appear in this video at the 8m34s mark because I marched in a real UBI march that provided the video you used. Here's a few things to consider that make your UBI-killed scenario less likely. 1. There are lots of companies who will lobby for UBI because of how much it would benefit them, like Walmart for example. You did mention how they would do worse, but there is a lot of money there to lobby with and plenty of members of Congress owned by them. 2. The UBI demonstrations won't just go away. They will get violent. People with nothing left to lose will always get violent. Your scenario is what the rich want to believe, but it won't happen that way. Heads will roll. 3. Other countries will do UBI. Canada for example likely will. What happens when it clearly shows UBI as good for GDP? Other countries will adopt it causing other countries to adopt it. 4. There will always be some demand for human goods and services. It will be like organic food. More expensive, but just something people prefer, especially the rich, and it's their demand that matters. 5. One person one vote. Yes, the rich can do a lot to manipulate people, but if enough people lose their jobs and ability to earn incomes, they will vote differently and fire those who aren't helping them and instead only helping the rich. Final note: UBI is a floor. UBI is a dividend. We should all benefit from AI because it uses our data for training and used public dollars for its R&D. And the claims that people will work a lot less with UBI are false, especially if it replaces existing welfare that is pulled away as people increase their incomes. UBI does not punish work. Welfare does. UBI is just a dividend. Dividends don't make stockholders lazy. Interest doesn't make savers lazy. And spending money in the hands of the bottom 80% will do far more for the economy than spending money in the hands of the top 1%.