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Reframing Universal Basic Income as Automation Compensation (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by jaykrown@lemmy.world to c/general@lemmy.world

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What do you think?

I think in the face of AI taking over many tasks, we need to rethink about how we frame the future of society. Reframing Universal Basic Income as Automation Compensation means presenting the policy as a way to make up for jobs and income lost due to automation and AI. Instead of viewing UBI as a general welfare payment, it becomes seen as compensation paid to everyone for the value automation creates, supporting those whose work is replaced by machines and helping everyone share in productivity gains. Especially in the US, the average person doesn't like the idea of someone getting something that they're personally not receiving. So framing it as a compensation that everyone receives regardless of employment status I think is the only feasible way forward.

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[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

UBI is just starting to break public consciousness it would be a shame to go back to square 1. I think the idea can be sold to people it just needs the right person.

[–] jaykrown@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How is reframing it back to square 1? It's not like we're resetting the idea. The idea of "compensation" is showing the aspect of UBI that makes sense to someone who doesn't like the idea of "free income".

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Reframing it would be like keeping the name but changing the messaging around it. Like call it ubi but say its being done for equality and streamlining of welfare.

Renaming it to automation compensation means you now how to explain/argue/advertise it from scratch. It could work but i think its to much effort.

[–] jaykrown@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I get your point, but I don't think it would be from scratch, more like building upon it from an angle that a lot of individualistic people would more likely listen to. Compensation is a strong word for something deserved, that we're all effected indirectly from automation, every job that we could have had that a robotic arm is doing has reduced our ability to earn.