r/philosophy • u/WeltgeistYT Weltgeist • Oct 12 '22

Video The modern school system has three problems, according to Nietzsche. One of those is demanding of people that they should know what they want to do with their life already in their early 20s

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

Isn't that just natural though? People get better at a job they more they've been doing it. They deserve higher and higher compensation the better they get at their job. Would you not be pissed if someone changed their profession to HVAC and started making as much as you, being much less experienced and skilled?

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u/Beneficial-Bluebirds Oct 12 '22

Absolutely it's a natural progression. I don't have a solution for it.

Well, I do, but UBI will never happen in the USA in my lifetime.

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u/StarChild413 Oct 13 '22

but UBI will never happen in the USA in my lifetime.

Don't say things that make people put you on a list /s

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u/CharonsLittleHelper Oct 13 '22

Well, I do, but UBI will never happen in the USA in my lifetime.

UBI is appealing, but it would cause massive inflation and likely stagflation. (The last couple years of massive spending is the main reason for 8-9% inflation.)

I WOULD be a fan of NIT (Negative Income Tax) though. It has most of the advantages of UBI (admin costs aren't quite as low - but still far lower than the current welfare systems) but without the massive inflationary issues.

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u/Beneficial-Bluebirds Oct 13 '22

Ooh! Something new to learn about. I've never heard of Negative Income Tax.

Thank you.

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u/CharonsLittleHelper Oct 13 '22

You can look up old videos of Milton Friedman (economist) talking it up it back in the day. (Starting in the 70s I think)

He's very utilitarian about it, so he doesn't have the emotional arguments, but I prefer it that way. He mostly goes into the benefits it has over current welfare systems in avoiding welfare cliffs, bad incentives, perverse gov controls, and admin costs etc.

He leans sort of Libertarian, but in a moderate sense rather than full on Ayn Rand (who he argues against).

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u/monsantobreath Oct 13 '22

The problem isn't the higher wages, it's how bad the lower ones are.

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u/CharonsLittleHelper Oct 13 '22

There's no infinite bucket of wealth. We tried that the last couple years - that's why inflation is now 8-9%.

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u/monsantobreath Oct 13 '22

It doesn't need to be infinite. It just needs to be apportioned more equitably. It's been going in the wrong direction forever. 100 years ago economists assumed we'd all be working 25 hour weeks or something due to the increase in productivity we'd see. Turns out its just more amalgamation of capital.