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ELON: ULTIMATELY, WE WILL HAVE UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME “What to do about mass unemployment? This is going to be a massive social challenge. And I think, ultimately, we will have to have some kind of universal basic income. I don't think we're going to have a choice. There will... show more

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Elon Musk2 years ago

I think it will be universal high income

Vance Ginn1 year ago

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Two Weeks LOL2 years ago

The primary problem with UBI is who issues it: The Government. When you depend wholly on government for income they can easily threaten to take it away to force you to comply. China is on this path now with social credit scores. This is a nightmare scenario.

Roi2 years ago

Universal Basic Income is when an individual will be fully dependant on government. Do not accept a Universal Basic Income!

Blake2 years ago

🤔

Bad Kitty Unleashed 🦁💪🏻2 years ago

You can’t very well have the lazy F’s not eating. Grannies gotta work till 80 to keep their bellies full while they play video games and watch soap operas.

Lost2 years ago

This is already happening with social welfare in America.

ThorCast2 years ago

Mark of the beast

Cari Kelemen2 years ago

Didn't Ayn Rand write a book about this?

mini_schnauzer2 years ago

If everyone has a dollar a dollar isn't worth anything. UBI is a bartering scheme not an income.

CENCH2 years ago

"The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without colour, pain or past."

Stace2 years ago

If you removed ALL other social welfare programs and drastically cut foreign aid, you may be able to pay for something like this. I believe even Milton Friedman spoke of this being possible and viable.

James Clark ✝️🇺🇲☦️2 years ago

What do you do when you want to control somebody? Give them money and make them reliant on you.

Propaganda Monitor2 years ago

Elon is a NWO Trojan horse.

𝕳𝖔𝖔𝖑𝖎𝖌𝖆𝖓 👊🏼2 years ago

The amount of people that don’t understand the benefits of universal basic income is shocking.

Howard Minor2 years ago

Humans have a biological need to work whether they want to or not. Of course work is hard, but ultimately it is good and necessary for our long term health. We yearn to contribute to society. Plus, having a productive focus in our lives keeps us out of trouble.

Mike Engleman🇺🇲2 years ago

Communism

H2 years ago

Universal income via CBDC will turn into a dystopian social credit system.

IanMalcolm842 years ago

Universal basic income for all except the elites who will own essentially everything… Who are “the elites” that believe they deserve to lord over us all?

Sameera ji💘kapil sharma fen2 years ago

Elon Musk expressed his perspective on the future of employment and the necessity of universal basic income (UBI) due to increasing automation. He highlighted the potential challenges posed by mass unemployment and predicted that as technology advances, fewer jobs will remain that robots cannot perform more effectively.

The Duke of URL2 years ago

That's a Lefties talking point in the EU, haha. Is Elon a communist?😁

Seth2 years ago

Elon Musk knows what he is talking about. We economists have been researching on this topic for a decade now. Because of automation it will be inevitable.

Jon2 years ago

Who exactly will give the money and who will get it? It's just another welfare tax with a cool new name. Gov has no money, so the rich pay and the poor get, and we live happily ever after, because... This time socialism will work???

grits2 years ago

Was a terrific interview.

Spartacus.2 years ago

And once the robots are fully rolled out, they wont need a universal income because they will liquidate the useless eaters. Lest ye forget. 👇🏼

djbowzer2 years ago

I just don’t understand how that will work

John Ziraldo2 years ago

It might be helpful if @ElonMusk could find a suitable government somewhere that he can work with to build the first model of abundance and universal high income for the rest of the world to see and understand. President Milei of Argentina might be a good candidate.

Ben Silone2 years ago

It will be a bad solution, but probably the only one we can come up with, during the transition period until AI/robots/3D printing are advanced and widespread enough that everyone can have them. At that point not many companies will remain, as everyone can get the goods and services they need from their own machines. The coming decade will see a lot of turmoil before we get to an age of abundance.

Zarar Khan2 years ago

Elon did alot for people

DJL2 years ago

UBI is a slippery slope to >>>

Noah Gene2 years ago

This is BAD

Brian Basson2 years ago

Going to be super important re. Bots and AI that will be taking over so many current jobs ..

Big Gonads2 years ago

If you extrapolate Elons' thesis to it's end, there is no need for flawed humans once AI is fully implemented. He is just referring to the initial impact.

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