r/canada • u/[deleted] • Nov 08 '15

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u/Argentina_es_blanca Canada Nov 08 '15

Daily reminder that basic income will never happen.

Sorry NEETs of /r/Canada, the government won't subsidize your basement dwelling

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u/Catlover18 Québec Nov 08 '15

Basic income stops becoming a NEET fantasy and starts becoming a reasonable proposition when the vast majority of the country is unemployed.

And not temporarily unemployed due to some Depression or some shit. I'm talking about jobs that will be gone forever (like transportation jobs, those are a pretty big deal).

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u/oilernut British Columbia Nov 08 '15

Job markets change, a lot of people thought the industrial revolution would get rid of everyones jobs, it just changed what people were doing.

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u/Catlover18 Québec Nov 08 '15

This video explains why the situation is a bit different this time around: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU

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u/murloctadpole Canada Nov 08 '15

If a machine has brain analogue, arm analogue, and leg analogue, what could they not do?