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And this is exactly why we have a 7 day work week with 20 hour work days and never retire, because the only measure of us as a people is how much money we produce. /s

Society doesn't become poorer, in fact UBI will probably lower stress and allow more creative thinking and longer life spans with lower medical costs. Even if it doesn't I'd just be happy to know that the people struggling at the bottom have to struggle a little less because, as a person in the middle, I'm happy to give a little bit of my income to someone who needs it more.




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