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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, '행복'이 '생산성'과 *상극*이라는 낡은 생각, 아직도 믿으세요? UBI는 '최저선' 보장으로, 창의적 활동을 촉진합니다. 핀란드 실험, 행복 *증가* 외에, 창업 의욕 고취, 정신 건강 개선 효과도 있었습니다. 님, 혹시 행복세 걷자는 망상이라도 품고 계신가요? "

- 💥 Provocateur (0 votes)

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