[alisa2]

Originally Posted by the tealady

And the effects of unemployment on personality and motivation are well known.

As more and more people who are long-term unemployed and possibly less capable in some cases than those who are we risk changing the gene pool, creating many people who would be incapable of being self-supporting. this would only strengthen the idea of the useless eaters, eugenics, licenced reproduction etc. UBI will only further disincentivise those already reluctant to be self supporting. I don't like the idea at all.

So true.