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pyman on July 11, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple vs the Law

My biggest fear is that UBI can turn into a tool for control, give people just enough to survive, to eat, keep the lights on, and afford some AI tokens to stay productive in the system.

LoganDark on July 11, 2025 [–]

This sounds similar to the welfare trap: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_trap

tharga8616 on July 13, 2025 | [–]

Which is why UBI is UNCONDITIONAL.

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