The Quentin Tarantino Argument for UBI
Channel: Scott Santens
Date: 2020-12-22

"If we give everyone basic income, people will do nothing but watch TV and play video games."

I've heard and read this more times than I can count over the years, and despite the evidence not supporting that concern at all, and even pointing in the opposite direction, and despite the fact that concern is essentially an acknowledgement of wage slavery and a justification for its continued existence, there's something else about that concern that needs to be called out.

What's wrong with watching TV and playing video games?

There is no possible way of knowing for certain that something someone is doing with their time has no value, and never will. What appears to be a waste of time at first glance may end up having been an investment of time in the mastery of something valuable.

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