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blackqueerirohtoday at 2:38 AM1 replyview on HN

Why will you be destitute? Consider this: how do billionaires make most of their money?

I’ll answer you: people buy their stuff.

What happens if nobody has jobs? Oh, that’s right! Nobody’s buying stuff.

Then what happens? Oh yeah! Billionaires get poorer.

There’s a very rational, self-interested reason sama has been running UBI pilots and Elon is also talking about UBI - the only way they keep more money flowing into their pockets is if the largest number of people have disposable income.


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FeteCommunistetoday at 3:56 AM

Nice, so all of us legacy humans can be kept around as pets on a fixed income for the master race of billionaires and their AI army.