Reviews for Why Basic Income?

[Cyberdevil]

The idea of a basic income really doesn't seem so bad. I was just thinking the other day, that if society evolves to the point where most of our jobs are automated, then why would we need to rely on jobs at all? If people play video games all day that could be fine, if machines manage our duties for us. Grow our crops. Refine our resources. Transport. Service. The prospect of such an AI-oriented society seems scary too, but in a way that'd let us focus on everything we want to focus on, and let the rest take care of itself. Either it'd be a potential WALL-E-like nightmare, or a world where people truly strive to bring new ideas to live, and evolve, and make the world a better place. Purposeless or with place for passion... it's an interesting ideal.

Anyway: an informative, well-animated video that beckons to thought. Nice work.

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[Madwon]

Great work on this. The message is silly. But still nice work.
The idea of basic anything for anyone is nonsense.
Need the basics? Work for the basics.

adamanimates responds:

If you disagree with the message, do you also disagree that technological unemployment will be a thing? What would you do if you found yourself unable to find work, through no fault of your own?

There's a great book I recommend to everyone called "Rise of the Robots" by Martin Ford. It might convince you that new jobs being created by technology are far fewer than those being eliminated by it.

Also, in Canada we already have a basic income for seniors called the Canada Pension Plan. It was enacted after finding that lots of seniors were reduced to eating catfood in order to get by. In the US there is Social Security. They have significantly reduced poverty among seniors. Would you scrap these programs because 'basic anything for anyone is nonsense'?

I'm always up for a polite debate if you'd like to PM me.

[Soodumoodu]

Animation: Awesome.

Message: I'm not sure. I am not sure how I feel about a basic income. I feel that it would be better to have the government pay for basic needs directly like Healthcare, Education, Food, Water, etc. Maybe this is what you mean by a basic income, I wasn't entirely sure. Either way, I agree with you on wanting to help people and have the same goals in mind, I am just not sure if basic income is as efficient as government paying directly for these essential services.

[berdthenerdy]

Really nice art style. Must of taken a long time.

I'm going to tell everyone about basic income in Canada... even though I live 5,000 miles away in England.

adamanimates responds:

Many thanks. The message doesn't have to be country-specific. Check out the Green party in the UK. They have a basic income policy all costed out and ready to go.

[TheToasterGent]

And where is all that money going to come from? Taxing the people who have jobs, right? That would basically be making charity mandatory and shifting the stress from those who don't work to those who do. Resources are limited, and for one person to have more, someone else must have less. A LOT less, if you're talking about feeding/clothing/supporting every homeless. You can't just pull money from the air and give it to the poor. The problem, at heart, is that there are far too many people. Resources are scarce as it is, and the need for employed individuals is getting smaller. A campaign to educate people on the problems of overpopulation and to GREATLY reduce the rate of procreation is the only thing that will provide any kind of relief to the species.

(While the politics of this video is beyond sophomoric, I'm under the assumption that we're meant to rate based on the quality of the animation and video itself, which is why I'm giving 4 stars. It was very well done and professionally executed, even if it did lack a lot of spice and character.)

adamanimates responds:

You don't have to tax working people to finance this. Just tax capital. Taxes on the rich are now half of what they were in the 40s. We have income inequality at the same levels as just before the Great Depression.

Homeless people cost cities a lot of money. A few cities have started just giving them homes, and it saves taxpayers money because all of the associated costs with homelessness go away.

Studies also show that when people have money and security, people tend to get educated and birth rates drop.