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 · 8 months 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?

grue@lemmy.world · 8 months 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 · 8 months ago

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

neidu2@feddit.nl · 8 months ago

Except some minimum wage jobs involve making the world worse.

otp@sh.itjust.works · 8 months ago

Lmao…a minimum wage job is not 40 hours a week of making the world a better place, and where I live, it cannot provide for the basic necessities of life.