If a universal basic income started today with the stipulation that you had to put 40 hrs/wk towards making the world a better place or solving societal problems, how would you spend your time?

njordomir@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

If a universal basic income started today with the stipulation that you had to put 40 hrs/wk towards making the world a better place or solving societal problems, how would you spend your time?

don@lemm.ee · 1 year ago

The point of UBI is that it has no stipulations. It’s guaranteed no matter what.

grue@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

If a universal basic income started today with the stipulation…

Let me stop you right there. If there are any “stipulations,” it ceases to be “universal” by definition.

Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee · 1 year ago

Yep. That’s literally what a minimum wage job is

neidu2@feddit.nl · 1 year ago

Except some minimum wage jobs involve making the world worse.

TensileSpark@lemmy.today · 1 year ago

Honestly, I would go back to being a park ranger. I loved the job and helping people in nature, I just couldn’t survive on the pay. If that wasn’t an issue, I would go back in an instant