“Where AI rules the world and automation has robbed a large proportion of the population of their jobs…”
Where AI cheerfully covers production, and has liberated a large proportion of the population from their wage-slavery.
So what if start-ups fail? A basic income keeps that from being a disaster.
“millions of people who were used to working hard to earn their living, so that they might raise their family and live a fulfilling life, will now be left feeling devoid of purpose”.
Millions of people worked hard and got nowhere, and are unemployed today. With a basic income, they would not have to be desperate, they could take the time for retraining or anything else.
Higher purpose! Hey! A job at Wal-Mart or a call centre: my higher purpose: to do the bidding of corporate billionaires for chicken feed!
