Why we shouldn't have to work just to survive | Jonny Ross-Tatam | TEDxUniversityofEdinburgh
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- Опубліковано 17 лис 2024
- Jonny Ross-Tatam, the founder of the Buchanan Institute, Scotland’s first student-led think tank, focuses on the roots of innovation and progress. In his talk he promotes the idea of basic income, covering all citizens’ basic needs, to allow people to pursue their passions.
Jonny studies History at the University of Edinnburgh. He is the founder and president of the Buchanan Institute, Scotland’s first student-led think-tank.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx
"It's not enough...until every single person, every single one of us...can at least wake up every single morning, and genuinely ask themselves not 'What do I need to do today just to survive?' but 'What do I want to do, to live?'"
Right on!
you and your philosophies are angelic! Thank you, my fellow human. Thank you brother!
What's the answer buddy??
yeah , i found myself clapping along w/ the audience as if i'm not sitting at home alone
But how can we achieve that?
When and how will technology need to be so everybody won't have to work just to survive? 😃
Absolutely we shouldnt have to work just to survive!! We need more time to explore and experience life as it should be experienced! We as human beings deserve that! Bring it on!! Bravo, a great talk!! Thanks for sharing!
Go ahead, do nothing but be a moocher for your life. Rich people will pay for your welfare.
if you dont have to work, then you dont deserve that work of the people that built your house. people will not waste their time if they cannot gain, so yes, you can explore the wild, but in your clothes made from leaves and the steak from the cow you killed with your bear hands and burned its meat in the fire you created with 2 sticks. if you are willing to do that, you have no need to worry about finances, because you can create them yourself, otherwise, to achieve your goal of this, you have to pay people to do this for you
@@IFvckingLoveScience If you don't like someone working less than you, then why not work less yourself? No one's forcing you to work yourself to death- oh wait, the pesky rich elite mooching off of YOUR labor.
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@@NightMourningDove who provides you a wage for your services?
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Agreed, seems like the government as a byproduct of agricultural/pastoral revolution will always be in need for more consumers, wage-slaves and cannon fodder regardless of ideologies such as antinatalism based on consent and efilism.
When I’m not at work my life is wonderful be it one day per week, the rest of week I feel like I’m dying, so if you could reverse the situation and work one day per week and have 6 days to do what you want life would be more fun.
It’s also not realistic
@@SerV689 very true I work 4 ten hour days then do side jobs on days off I feel like I’m getting more time off and actually getting paid more and tax free!
@@samoansojah3886 when I worked four 10 hour days doing invasive species removal for the public, I loved it! Those 3 day weekends saved me. This past summer I worked a 9-5 M-F office job and it sucked the soul out of me.
We shouldnt have to, but we do. The only thing I'm passionate about is not working.
Not we bored of working but we tired of no meaning work we did for make the end meat, we bored working hard for making profit for rich people
Speak up for the people in the back 👏
i was passionate about so many thing before working, killed all my desires when i realised none of my time is truly my own
I think the point here is we all should get to experience life a little more than we do now. As of now most of us are working hard and producing goods, services etc. So that whoever we work for can experience life more and more at our expense. A lot of families do not even get vacations, quality family time, opportunity to persue our passions while the higher ups travel around the world 6 months out of year!!!!! Humanity should stage a world wide strike to level the playing field a little more in our favor.
Nice but how? You said it yourself, families can barely afford a vacation. So how would they afford this proposal of yours? They are stuck.
@@MewMewSun our government leaves us stuck.
Time for general strikes.
Humanity worldwide strike
I feel very strongly about this.
I wish,we could just simlpy enjoy
this luxurious universe.
There’s no way YOU work more than 60 hrs a week. You have enough time to explore it’s your own fault if you don’t
@@MewMewSunThere is absolutely no peaceful way forward if we wish to not be the slaves that our overlords have disfigured us into becoming. I don't want a war, but a war is coming regardless. Especially with how bad things are today, it is a foregone conclusion.
Everything boils down to genetics, if you have the genes to sustain long hours of attention because your brain can produce massive amounts of dopamine that's excellent, you're getting somewhere billy. See.. We view lazy as if it were a choice, you choose not to do something productive there for you are lazy. The neuroanatomy tells a whole different story. Your brain can become sick just like your body can, but what.. What can sickness of the mind really manifest itself into? Depression is a large one, you see depression is not just something you can shake off, it is LITERALLY changing large portions of your brain. The hippocampus is seen to be roughly 50% smaller in patients with depression, Your frontal cortex shrinks. Until you're left with a zombie who wants nothing more then to kill himself. So please, unless you understand why, don't make ignorant assumptions. You'd be exactly the same in that position.
Doi Bing very well said
THIS IS IT!!!!!! Anyone who thinks they would be lazy are probably facing mild depression
I have ADHD. Even if I really try my absolute best to do a task, if it doesn't interest me then I just can't do it well. I glaze, I get distracted, and eventually I start to get very down. However, if it is a task which I am interested in then I usually can do it better, faster, and more efficiently than most other people. That destroys the lazy argument, becasue you are either lazy or you aren't. It is not selective.
I've found it hard to hold down jobs in the past, but I am super productive with my time in the things that I am interested in. However, becasue I don't earn from these tasks I am considered a failure.
I do earn a bit of money here and there but It has to be subsidised by pretty humiliating means tested benefits. They stress me out and I'm constantly in poor health due to it. To have my basics covered would be wonderful, becasue at the moment I'm so stressed about whether some stranger will give me the money to pay my rent that even my productive time suffers due to work, as one cannot be creative or productive while stressed.
If a 9-5 job of whatever task suits you then great, but I can't cope in that environment and I'm sure I am not alone. As stated, laziness has nothing to do with it. The effort is there, but it doesn't get applied to the correct places.
@@Syklonus Your dopamine processes are not selective by anything you control if working improperly. So unless you have some solution for that outside of drugs, which allow for the boost to proper levels you witness in this person when focusing on a task "they find interesting", chill. Nice veil though.
Employers would need to be more competitive in pay and treat the workers like they are valued because they could easily leave and not put up with abuse and under pay for over worked.
It’s also your government that taxes your small businesses at 60%
It will also remove exploitative and destructive jobs from the market. Things like call centres and telesales will be a thing of the past as either a robot can do it, or IM will take over from phones.
This is huge. This is why i hate raising the minimum wage. With ubi there would be no need for minimum wage. Workers can truly negotiate their pay and not be exploited
@@Syklonus what's wrong with call centres?
Most people work to survive in order that they will not have time to seriously question the system which requires that they work to survive.
I am not so sure people are any worse of needing to work to survive. I am sure that people are worse of needing to secure from others, even the ability, to work to survive.
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Most people work to survive in order to live but don't have the time to live. Most ppl exchange time for money so that when they are old and frail they will have the money to live...better to retire when we are 20 and start work when we are 40 rather than 60-80.
@@fleurpeffer5212 ; It is good to make a living for one's self and family. It is not a good thing to be required to earn the Right to live, from others.
People are worst off,look at crime,depression,,suicide,endless bills and debt.
we're better off,not being born into this war zone call earth
killing ourselves daily to qualify for basic necessities,causes all these issues.
the human race/human animals.
UBI is the obvious answer to HALF of our problem. The money junkies who own the housing, food production, manufacturing means, etc will simply raise the costs of everything to keep us all struggling because I believe they ENJOY keeping us worried and poor. I've thought about why they do also and I honestly believe it's because they envy our compassion, loving and simple pleasures that we enjoy and they cannot feel ANYTHING past greed, fear of losing their material stuff, knowing that everyone only acts like they care so they can get their hands on what you have...etc.
I believe that a solution to our current economic situation (40 hours a week, minimum wage for most people) is a universal basic income. This could replace all welfare systems. The universal basic income gives everyone a basic salary ($12,000/year in the US), and they can work for extra. This would allow people to do so much more.
You ever think about how wages are often are determined and valued by regular people in charge? Who says there isn't a value on things that don't make money? Is everyone/the system going to make it impossible for people to do good things that don't necessarily make any money? I want to remove invasive plants and other infestations, since this is a growing global problem where most of the work is small-scale. These jobs are minimum wage. How could I possibly make a real difference, be happy, and have enough to live my whole life?
How? People would do less
We live in a day and age where there's SO many more people and SO much more technology. Not every person can go start a business or doing something "great" that makes them a lot of money. There's so many people that feel lost and we are leaving them behind. UBI would allow them to feel less pressure and more optimistic about their opportunities. Jobs could be so much more diverse and we have the capability to fund projects that don't make money but instead help make this world better. Not everything is about money. What happened to our right to the pursuit of happiness? Or do they see happiness as the same for everyone...
My passion sadly doesn't pay enough but if I had a UBI of 20K a year, plus working on a side job and my wife working, we'd make enough to actually enjoy life. I would probably make a computer repair business which is my passion.
It's my dream to remove invasive species and restore the environment around me. Sadly these are all beginner state jobs that pay practically minimum wage. If I had UBI I would have more time to not just make a difference, but to be happy, just as small businesses are happy providing their service!
What is keeping you both from doing what you want. I hope you found your passions.
Life is beautiful but we can’t see it because we have to work everyday for the rest of our lives
And everyone is ok with that for some reason
I wish they would teach me that as a kid
That life is bs that we just work until we die maybe then I would accept that by now…
I'm curious to know why would anyone give this video a 👎.
Now would be a good time to share this video. This would change many lives for the better
yeah , this needs way more views
Best defense for slavery ever. I shouldn't have to work, but others should produce food for me to eat, electricity for me to use without being paid back. Genius!!!!!!!!
I hope to one day be able to live 100% money free life. Work with what you love, and you doN'T have to work a day in your life
I do it every day. Its called being homeless.
@@jamiemackie3994 Your homeless? How do you eat? If your homeless you can't really do anything.
You just missed the point entirely. The point is people can do it while not having to live on the streets, that people can do it while being given things like food, water, shelter, and medicine.
Might wanna look up a little thing called communism--and I mean real communism under the definition of a "moneyless and classless society", not places that claim to be communist but are not. If you have money and use the money you are not a communist society by definition. At best, maybe socialism. But not communism.
The point is that EVERYONE has a better quality of life and the thing we call money, which is just "get to live paper we give meaning to" will be abolished. The planet gave us what we need, and people should not be denied the quality of basic life just because society was built for and by the ultra-wealthy.
you work to survive but your surviving just to work If that’s all life is, than we are no different than a robot that’s made to only work.
Robots AI, Artificial Intelligence, and they don't have complex emotions like humans do. They don't have official personalities, or aspirations, or desires like we do. They're just machines with AI that are programs to do what the programmer says.
Totally agree. I get so frustrated as a disabled person who WANTS to contribute to society but cannot meet certain hours of work or physical labor. It's such an all or nothing view. Just because I cannot work 20 - 40 hours a week every week doesn't mean I have nothing to contribute (especially with hyperfocus) and doesn't mean I don't deserve the basic needs of food, water, and shelter.
Honestly, I'd love to help make and maintain a community garden. But our world doesn't allow for that, not with police bulldozing them.
Very valid points. It’s so true . I loved this talk. I feel it would be inspiring to majority to have a basic income. Motivate them to improve their work fields & lives thus adding to benefit of society as a whole. Let’s face facts-( it’s discouraging to work very hard & merely Pay for basics survival needs- shelter, food , electric , car ins etc
Even more discouraging - to work very hard & still not enough to cover shelter, food , gas ⛽️, electric , water 💦 etc
Even using credit cards often to cover utilities merrily to survive. It’s become very difficult for single people on one income to make enough to even cover basic living due to inflation, high rent , food & gas ⛽️, utilities etc all going up & employers paying lower wages now.
It’s definitely discouraging - not inspiring. I believe some basic income & more regulations in ref to some affordable rent programs- housing would create some space for inspiration to open up options for training, schooling or even inspire some to create small businesses,etc
Some may get lazy with a basic income - however majority will continue to work & get extra training, schooling or entrepreneurship ... be motivated & inspired to create better lives. 👏
@Pablo Fernando pablotaglemsn.com taxes on corporations and the ultra wealthy.
And it would save trillions of dollars.
$1.25 trillion is paid annually to welfare programs.
And most welfare recipients work.
We are already subsidizing wages of giant corporations
@pablofernandotthere aren't too many self made people now a days. You're either born into privilege, or you're an anomaly. Your wealth worship is sickening.
As long as CORPORATE OLIGARCHY exists, this idea remains OVERLOOKED.
People cling to misery as an identity because it gives them a voice and a false sense of validation. Miserable in your job? You must be a hard worker then, so you have every right to shout, lash out and even punch down. They see hardship and stress and some sort of character building strength that everyone should have enforced on them by way of fear - fear of starvation and homelessness. That is a poor motivator.
We're living by archaic values regarding work, becasue we've worked to survive for so long it's become an almost religious and infallible habit that is heresy to even consider speaking against.
We have to stop calling jobs "work" becasue work is activity and effort - not what you do to get paid. We must also stop measuring success by how much money someone has.
Unfortunately there are bitter and cruel people in the world who would rather see everyone else as miserable as them instead of elevating themselves to the happiness of others around them.
Agree with much of what he says. Problem is, is that even to ask yourself, 'What do I want to do today?' Would terrufy some ppl as rhey struggle to self'direct. 'Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom' Soren Kierkegaard
Very good point people would just sit around doing nothing
@@Collabcreatemarketing Not really. Humans are physiologically geared to be productive.
In regards to the title of the video:
You shouldn't and wouldn't work just to survive in the case of the intelligent life form where advancement in inheritance, intelligent, technology and human organization existed.
If that is the case, it is because we are living in a system that legalized plunder and established a moral code to glorify it.
If a system had responsibility for individual's needs who's life is being ruled by it, It would have take correct path to solve the resources/energy depleting environment (ie. One child policy). The path it is taken just delays the Chaos where it will return by wider and higher amplitude in exponential growth of the population.
You are a good man, Jonny. And thank YOU, very much.
UN Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; "(1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control."
US Amendment 9 if US has some huge issue with it.
Notice that this gives BOTH the right to standard of living without any requirement, AND security in the event of lack of livelihood beyond his/her control.
The law is already in place, it needs to be enforced.
And I had no idea this existed, growing up through the US school system AND getting a 4yr SUNY degree. Sorry I don't look up every law cause I don't have time for myself already! Thank you for spreading information.
If only us Humans can make this a reality 😢
Marcus Spears cry more you entitled commie.
"If Steve jobs had to work in a minimum wage job 50 hours 40 hours a week just to pay for his basic necessities he would have never been the founder of Apple. Maybe we would have never heard of iPhones or iPods"
Well, we all started out like Steve Jobs, so what's our excuse? Steve Jobs was not exactly the best example for him to use. This is a bunch of nonsense. "Free money" is money to waste, and we all know it.
Very powerful speech!
YES Exactly the sort of thing I've been hoping to hear
great presentation..... I fully agree..... unless we have a guaranteed income we the ones without wealth .... we slaves working to survive
The saddest part is that nobody ever asked for any of this. This is literally a burden each one of us was given the second we were born which we also never asked for. Kind like when Frodo was given the One Ring.
What scares the hell out of me is how many people would suddenly say those dreaded words, "I think I'll be a writer."
I think it's a wonderful idea. The world needs more contemporary writers and voices from a variety of diffrent backgrounds. I spent the last six years of my life finishing my book and its recently got picked up by a publisher and is now being optioned for television. Why you might ask? Because I quit my job after my mother died realizing life was meant to be lived not slaving away towards unfilled desires to pay bills. Now I have a product that will probably out live my grandchildren.
el oh el (giggle from a writer)
@@skatebettre if i may ask, how did you afford to stop working ?
UA-cam The Zeitgeist Movement Moving Forward to see how we can transition from a monetary system to a natural law resource based economy.
I live on the beach in a tent, surf everyday and get free food so I dont need to work to be happy 👍🏼women and having kids are liabilities in life.
So true 👌😎
Brilliant.
I Love the idea, but caps would have to be put in place, for the prices of all those basic needs; that will immediately begin to soar... then it will all have been for not.
If income is from a UBI prices wont inflate. Costs do not increase so prices do not increase.
@@amandap9332 Why do you think the big corporations have excessive profits? Because they steal your cut of your labor investment. And everbody just goes along with it. The machines are supposed to pay for the ubi. Anyone who tells you otherwise is a liar.
Where does it come from? Like.. what if everyone decides just not to work?
Would you decide to just not work?
I bet you wouldn't.
Neither would anyone else.
"if Steve Jobs had to work 40 hours a week to pay for his basic necessities , he wouldn't have been the founder of Apple" !!!!
love this body of thought and the package it's coming from (a white boy from a good/stable home) .. b/c when those of us that were at-risk youth want to say something like this , we're told we should've picked ourselves up from our bootstraps when we didn't even have boots!
Truth. Especially when that phrase "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" was originally created to mean to do something impossible...because you literally cannot pull yourself up by your own bootstraps unless you somehow break all of physics and how your body moves.
Because the Ego (the guardian of individuality) itself possesses the electric momentum of Activity-Creativity and the emotional magnetic impulses of "Bonding-Rejection," whatever is born of the "Ego-drive" by its thoughts, feelings and actions, is charged with physical electromagnetic life which will produce replica life forms and will be eventually materialized within the life of the Ego-creator.
These created forms not only manifest eventually as experiences but also disturb the functioning of the physical processes of their creator and are the origin of physical discomforts or viruses or diseases.
Therefore, is it a great cause for rejoicing when the soul emerges from its encapsulating human consciousness of the Ego (the guardian of individuality), for the ascending spiritual consciousness will create the harmonious life-giving conditions it holds in consciousness. Conversely, it is a cause for sorrow while the human consciousness is submerged in Ego control, producing upsets, trials and tribulations both in life experiences and the physical condition itself.
Therefore, I tell you: if you do not like the world, you have it within your power to change the "conditions of existence," right where you are - if you have the faith and consistent will to do so.
I repeat in another form to gain your attention:
If you continue in your present level of human functioning and thought, you will only experience your present level of human existence.
You will be bound down to working hard for a paltry living, beset by numerous problems, such as poverty, ill-health, addictions, immobilized by prostrating fear and exposed to ill-intentioned attacks of all kinds.
You will be burdened by present conditions until you understand how to change them.
This is the golden opportunity to take control of your lives as never before, by getting control of your thoughts and emotions - the electrical and magnetic impulses - the blueprints of your future experiences.
For - you are like potters possessing clay and daily shaping pots and utensils for your use.
CONSCIOUSNESS is the clay - the substance with which you make your life - and every condition pertaining to it. You, alone, shape your life into the forms you experience.
By your thoughts, you can change your personal future - if you will but accept the Christ Letters, A Course In Miracles and A Course Of Love.
You can affect your environment, your homes, families, work, the people you associate with, and even plants, animals and climate.
Whatever you hold steadfastly in mind externalizes.
Think about this. To not die we need food, clothing, and shelter. Because of greed we must pay for these things and then we should be so grateful they tax us on it. Do we need restaraunts and fancy cars and exotic vacations and all these things for entertainment?
100% I agree
Same
Sounds good. Makes sense and well said.
I think this is brilliant idea 😎
If no one works and pays taxes where does the money come to fund the basic income programs
while these talks are great and all, it will never happen because the politicians wont let it happen.
Sad but true.
That is because the "politicians" only care about themselves! That pisses me off!
seems practical
This came out like about 8 years ago,
i still don't see any thing related to this idea,
i still don't see any way to survive without working,
EVEN in wealthy countries, obviously.
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What happened to this idea? These experiments?
Is this idea, experiment being applied into other places?
Is it being successful or not?
What are the challenges and how are they being dealt with?
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Like and share, why doesn't this have more views
the UBI has been spoken about for years now, I sure hope it happens soon.
the word work is subject.... 1 guy streaming with 10k viewers thats work, another guy gaming thats just a lazy addict but they could be interchanged.
10:00 they just answered what they know the guy wanted to be the answer.
Work or Volunteer in a Hospital. The elderly patients will tell you to go live your life, right now, even if it means earning less money, or receiving less fame, prestige, etc. Because life is short, and the end is much closer than you think it is. I think if people did volunteer to work with the elderly, they would surely be supporters of life-affirming and culture-affirming policies like a Universal Basic Income.
YES
Dauphin Manitoba is only a few hours from me! "Daufin" as they say.
Missing that huge part in all these examples where working people who did not live in the fantasy had to fund it.
But what if people that can earn basic income everyday choose to retire?
What about heavy jobs that no one want to do?
What about people who waste their money?
He was my teacher in year 4😢then her left
Then HE*
So basically "you can start your dreams if you have money to pay for your living while you work on your dream".
Must be nice to be that lucky.
Some people don't have the damn luxary.
What a waste of my damn time.
Umm, that's exactly why this should not be a waste of your time. It's calling for economic reform that asserts the right to live for EVERYONE at it's core.
Think about job circulation added to that basic income :)
How about being able to do the one thing that business owners would love to see go away- the minimum wage. In the system presented, the MW could be abolished- after all, the purpose of the existence of a minimum wage is to try to ameliorate the problem of people wasting a majority of their lives just trying to exist.
It isn't without its challenges, though. Provide a standard income to all adults and rent prices will shoot through the roof- without legislation and both severe and immediate punishment for those who violate it. I am certain other issues similar in nature would appear as well.
Those would definitely be a challenge to address. But... it's a start. Imagine, too, the effects a basic income would have on businesses in a MW-less situation, but nobody needing the jobs they have. They'd have to offer decent wages to attract people, or they'd go extinct.
In effect, it would put the onus of responsibility on business owners instead of having the government come in and make them do it- it could potentially reduce the nanny-state role the government is taking.
I agree with the rent situation. As someone who makes now what I would have considered a handy sum ten years ago, I now struggle with bills occasionally because rent has continued to climb while wages have remained relatively stagnant. A basic universal income demands price controls on rents. Unfortunately, this would be next to impossible to implement in the states - because capitalism above all else. this may be more feasible in a place that has more of a social-capitalist system in place such as the UK, western Europe, etc.
It would work when one change the structure on how we make money for a living. There is room for improvement.
That's weird because my dad says if he stops working, although retired, he will die sooner. Keep busy and don't stop.
That’s what parents are for
A very useful video. Especially for people who don't understand math. Or who had parents that did'nt read them fairy tales as kids. Shallow pandering. Manipulative and misleading.
Add robots and this would totally work. Slight risk of an AI uprising but meh we're doomed anyway unless we go to space.
Robots would at need to be much more advanced.
@@HardKore5250 To flip burgers and be self checkouts? I think robots are advanced enough to do basic labor. Have you seen robots make things in factories? They're perfectly capable of mass producing things with laser precision.
They should do one of those experiments in my city. Lol.
What do you want to do to live is a privilege and is also met with Resistance because while your doing that you still have to worry about how your going to make money. You can't just focus on your hobby that you want to turn into a way to earn your living. This idea of Money is Enslavement!
what if my passion is playing xbox? is everyone else in the community supposed to pay for my upkeep so i can do that?
lancsFrogger if you have no ambition that is not a fault of this program its a fault in you, people look around a lot and say wtf is wrong with this world, and I submit to you that YOU are the problem, every time we park or drive badly, every time we don't live within a budget, every time we go left when we should have gone right.
and if you want to play video games all day and stuff your face full of hotpockets, and drink energy drinks all day, then the problem is you.
+peter8488 dude, some projects are well-conceived, some are ill-conceived. & this is v ill-conceived. not that it doesn't contain some truth in it.... that people (a) always try harder & work better when they're doing something they like doing & (b) that this dynamic can be harnessed by a community in many productive ways
but in this form - this babyish form - this dudes proposal is an absolute non-starter. its totally impractical & will crash & burn for sure
lancsFrogger. look dear speakers point is only this that" when the burden of working for survival is reduced to nearly zero then on an average more people can work for their passion their by increasing productivity and increased non-materialistic satisfaction (compassion, team work, careing attitude, etc) when compare to present case".
Assume that this basic income covers only your necessities. You should then ask yourself would I stop working if I will receive a basic income? Probably not. But we tend to have a rather negative image from others. If I would ask you should others stop with working if they receive a basic income? Probably yes. We expect from ourselves that we will continue working, but others won't..
And maybe, or even probably, there are people who are not going to take up a job with a basic income. But under our current system this is also the case, and "the community is now supposed to pay for your upkeep" too.
You would be healthier and less likely to turn to crimes of desperation, and if you wanted any new games, you'd have to work to earn them, so I don't see a problem.
how do i get a job in australia
I feel that this is a little out of touch with reality. If we have a society where people only do a job if they feel fulfilled doing it, who is going to do the jobs that simply aren’t ‘fulfilling’ we need warehouse workers, toilet cleaners and Tesco cashiers. A better system is one where hard work is incentivised.
This kind of philosophy is based on the underlying assumption that personal ‘wellbeing’ should always be top priority and that we are all the centre of our own universe. I believe this is leading to a generation of individuals with limited problem solving ability and limited mental resilience. As an employer I hire so many gen z-ers that simply can’t cope with the demands of a full time job. Being an entrepreneur is extremely hard work. I’m not convinced that a high proportion of todays young people would be able to hack it
Would volunteers be enough to man the hospital and tend to all the sick people? Same question with specialidt doctors
I would definitely quit if I woke up in Switzerland with that salary. At least if I had a house completely paid off.
Yes, lets start by giving a basic income to 1.000.000 Cheneese people who work 12h a day in all sort of factories.
So your pair of your favourite jeans wont cost 5€, but 50€. Then back in UK you want think what you would like to do with your time being on basic income.
You will probably be making your own pair of trousers, your shows, you can even try to assemble your own smartphone.
Or even beter give basic income to people from "banana republics" so that your favourite fruits price can go from 1,5£, to 5£. Lovely.
Did he refer to Jesus teaching as a 'song'???
it is a song they sing in children bible classes
DAYDREAMER
do plumbers like their job?
sure hope so - cause i don't like plumbing. but i'd do it if i had to.
many things are not fun - but when they're done they make our lives better.
+sn3192 Many of those type of workers are properly compensated, many make good money
A basic income is just that, basic, if you want 'stuff', you'll still have to work, but you'll also be able to say 'no' to work, if you're not offered a fair price for your labour and skills.
This should mean plumbers and the like could work less and earn more.
Every plumber I've ever met is quite content with their job to be honest.
Some parts of lack of satisfaction in work is due to low wages, amount of time spent doing them. Many people are in jobs that don't suit them merely in order to make ends so if people could be freer to retrain, work less hours, If wages increase in some jobs more people would be attracted to do that job.
If a job is necessary it should be well paid. People will do it then. We've ignored and mistreated those who do necessary work in society.
it is more hard to do nothing that work ....
A man who does not work has no right to eat, for in nature slothfullness is never rewarded...
However work in this world is unfairly proportioned and were not just working for food were working for money meaning you can do 10 hours of hard labour and earn less than someone who sat down on a computer all day,
now that's unjustified
If we where to be payed the exact same amount for all jobs regardless of importance only then could we be truly happy
So someone who has saved their money and retired early has no right to eat?
We are at a point where we should be lifting ourselves well above the boundaries of nature and natural evolution. Why, as a developed society would we proclaim that a human does not have the basic right to live, regardless of individual merit? UN Article 25 has more, as well as US amendment 9, and I'm sure other nation-states are similar.
AI will reduce some of those extremely physical jobs and other jobs that hold little individual meaning, subjectively.
There is slim chance for flat wages to happen in the next 100 years outside of the deaths of millions or more. I'm not sure they even should be argued for at all. Basic income systems are far more likely to be implemented without bloodshed, but they honestly need to be studied far more.
Rights are not earned, granted or taken away. Those are called "privileges." So eating is a privilege, and it shouldn't be. We have a right to live but a right to eat? that doesn't make any sense. I guess George Carlin was right, we really have no rights.
A big problem ,is no financial skills or financial education in 19 years of schooling. Nope trigonometry is what we are making a priority instead
In Switzerland, the UBI would be "fully funded". By who?
Robert Maxa funded by all the Swiss bank accounts I guess.
modern slaves
Another basic income advocate which does not realise if we were fre to exchange skills and resources with pointing force at each other with the over arching power of gov. We would be better off provided we have to flourish much more as we have the possibilities but not by the use of force these would grant us the right of defense and many more rights (Its an aim not going work without some time).
Three hours (daily) work is ok
The little train that could.
Great philosophical exercise but if there’s no economic plan involved, it lacks credibility.
Food and shelter robots will take care of those not needed in the working world.
the key to his analogy that he failed to grasp... is that the wise man built his house. someone else didn't build it for him. he has to work, duh!
Says who? Think about who stands to benefit the most from indoctrinating society with that concept.
Theres alot of addictive behaviors in america. Spending addiction, sugar addiction, drug addiction, social media addiction... I dont know if it will work just giving out a bunch of money. "It would be like pouring water into a thirsty man's hands" Jordan Peterson.
I know right because living life the way you want is really bad.
@@witcherfan3502 it is when it starts getting in the way of others way of life. Working with people who are addicted to marajuana in California made my life hard. I literally lost out on lots of money cause they literally dont care.
@@brookswoodward7278 They don’t care to do whatever you want them to do because they’d probably rather work on a weed farm than work doing whatever you do, maybe they don’t have enough money to move to a different area or the time/ money to take days off to interview at a different job they’d actually “care” about, maybe that’s why they cope by smoking weed so much
@@gcod3d161 Go spend your life in a stupor then... Just keep me completely out of it and stay out of my way. I want things in life and work hard to get them. "The question isnt who is going to let me; it's who is gonna stop me."
I would become the next Isaac Newton
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Why would people work then and where would the money come from how would we tax.
Taxes are extortion
He explained why people would work, if you had really paid attention to the video.
There is dignity in work and contributing to a collective society. People who refuse to work at least enough to support themselves have no character. Even the squirrels collect nuts to survive the winter.
People who refuse to let business control their lives have no character. Imagine people living the life they want it’s complete madness.
it is modern slavery ...
Certainly is. I'm more than tired of it.
Finland tried the ubi theory..it didn't work
agree! We will import some indians and bangladeshi to clean our streets, some chinese to dig ore and mining, some rummunians and east block stats for hard work cleaning and maintaining, in theory it looks good, but in reality, I am not sure everyone can be happy, and I think it is very difficult to find somebody on basic income will clean streets...
Robots are coming man. Wake up. All those mundane manual jobs will go away. Part of the problem with 'undesirable' jobs is low compensation and long hours needed to work. If it's better pay & less hours it becomes more attractive. No way do i want to work 40-60 hours at starvation wages, but 1 shift a week or two half-shifts at $20 an hour ...yes please.
Ok..nobody wants to work...right!
And who is going to work?
And..example..they dont work and..
Consequences: they won't have money but they will not eat because everything is not going to be there no more..etc etc etc
I dont think this is a good move at all
They're all falling into a hole
And I work..have no problem working
A room full of people who wouldn't quit their jobs...?
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That's an idiotic premise to promote. Just because you exist does not bestow upon you a right to anybody else's resources.
That’s why voluntarism is important also anarchy and capitalism
Birth controls.
Hahahahahahahahahahaha!!! Not work??? We should all have to work 24/7 to stay alive. But in a more organic and fluid manner I think. I don't think that there are so many jobs that require you to show up at the same place regularly like we do. We're all just mentally ill
"communism for millenials"