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@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ UBI that itself covers all basic needs is called full, otherwise it is called pa
The first reaction of a noob hearing about UBI is "but everyone will just stop working!" Well no, for a number of reasons (which have been confirmed by real life experiments). For example most people don't want to just survive, they want to buy nice things and have something extra, so most people will want to get some additional income. Secondly people do want to work -- work in the sense of doing something meaningful. If they don't have to be wage slaves, most will decide to dedicate their free time to doing something useful. Thirdly people are already used to working, most will keep doing it just out of inertia, e.g. because they have friends at work or simply because they actually happen to like going there.
{ I personally know quite a lot of people with third degree disability, i.e. people who basically already DO have a basic income -- they get an equivalent of salary for free every month as well as full health and social insurance. Most of them voluntarily go to work even though they don't have to, despite the fact that it is NOT recommended for these people to do so and despite them actually risking their disability pension being taken away for this, which happens. I have talked to the people, they simply say they are bored at home, they want to feel useful and also have something extra to buy nice things. I.e. it is literally confirmed in practice that people will not stop working with UBI. ~drummyfish }
Another question of the noob is "but who will pay for it?!" Well, we all and especially the rich. In current situation, even if we make the rich give away 90% of their wealth, they won't even notice.
Of course, UBI works with [money](money.md) and money is bad, however the core idea is simply about sharing resources, i.e. true [communism](communism.md) which surpasses the concept of money. That is once money is eliminated, the idea of UBI will stay as the right of everyone to get things such as food and health care unconditionally. LRS supports UBI as the immediate next step towards making money less important and eventually eliminating them altogether.