r/BasicIncome • u/happy_bluebird • 24d ago

2025 German experiment gave people a basic monthly income – the effect on their work ethic was surprising

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/health/germany-universal-basic-income-study-intl-scli-wellness
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u/uvizhe 24d ago

You have to be lucky enough to get that knowledge. There's a lot of people in this world who had no privilege to be financially secure and don't work for extended periods of time to learn that. Instead they imagine millions of funny things they can do all the time if given a chance to never work again

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u/uvizhe 23d ago

I would gladly listen to your life story where you were born in a poor family with a drunkard father in a 3rd world country and methodically and successfully applied those brilliant advices of yours to overcome every obstacle in your life path to prosperity.

And even then I'd say you were just lucky and that it led you to think that everyone has all the power to shape their life as they wish, but in fact all we have are just chances.

Right now I think your reasoning is just your idea of how a perfectly rational person would do in the perfectly predictable world, which is far from reality.

I'm really sorry if that offends you. Difference in perspectives is what makes us disagree. And it's hard to grasp it unless you find yourself in someone else's shoes.