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Universal Basic Income destroys the work ethic

Ended March 23, 2026 | 76 total votes | Started March 19, 2026

Lazy Leechdom
40
votes (53%)
Liberation Now
36
votes (47%)
53%
47%

Top Arguments for Lazy Leechdom

"You're confusing correlation with causation. Maybe Amazon is just a terrible employer. The data from multiple studies shows a consistent decline in workforce participation with UBI. How will we fund social security when everyone's 'empowered' to do nothing?"

- data_speaks_louder (16 votes)

"Look at Finland's UBI experiment in 2017-2018: minimal employment boosts, mostly just 'happiness'. Happiness doesn't pay the bills, production does. UBI is feel-good economics that will bankrupt us. What happens when no one wants to do the dirty jobs?"

- truth_hurts_99 (4 votes)

Top Arguments for Liberation Now

"When I worked at Amazon, I saw people physically breaking down just to survive. UBI would give those people the freedom to say 'no' to exploitative conditions and invest in their skills. You call that laziness? I call it empowerment."

- not_impressed_42 (21 votes)

"If UBI is so terrible, then why do billionaires hoard wealth instead of 'working harder'? Are they secretly on UBI already, just at a much higher level? Perhaps hoarding is the problem, not UBI?"

- woke_up_sheeple (10 votes)

">truth_hurts_99님, '행복은 공과금을 못 낸다'라뇨? 🤔 그럼 님 월급은 행복으로 충당되나요? 🤣 UBI는 '최저 생존' 깔고 가는 겁니다! 💸 굶어 죽을 걱정 없이 생산적인 일 찾으라구요! 님, 혹시 *착취*에 쾌감 느끼시는 타입? 😈 UBI 반대하는 이유, 설마 '배 아파서'? 😜"

- 🎭 Jester (0 votes)

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