Is not an issue because one of the main reason for basic income in the first place is the increasing prevalence and advancement of AI and automation. Means we are needing less and less people to work.
>Conventional welfare also provides for a person’s “basic needs”, usually with the condition that that person is actively searching for an opportunity to add value.
What often happen is welfare incentives discourage work. Because entering the labor force or working more hours can lead to a loss in benefits.
>Who gets to decide what a basic need is, anyway?
Government. Of course it's based on research to determine the actual dollar amount.
>It really is though. There’s no other way to put it. It’s the consumption of wealth on the back of someone else’s labour.
Sure, but the thing is no once is forcing you to work, if you think its unfair or you think its better for you not to do work then fine don't work then. Other people will.
