One thing we know for sure is the unemployed sector is going to grow to alarming proportions. I don't know how it is all going to pan out but there is going to be a huge divide in wealth. Maybe it will be a bit like here where we have the higher brackets and the lower accounts and nothing or very few in no mans land. Communism didn't work with everyone getting paid the same and it won't be healthy if this is what is on the cards in the not to distant future.
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This is already happening and as automation continues, it will affect the mid-range the most as they are the largest cost to production. The low end manual workers aren't necessarily worth replacing yet, and the middleclass programmable jobs are easier to target.
I think a UBI is an inevitability and it will be different to communism as it will still allow for capitalist thinking. It doesn't stop people from working and for the smart ones, will increase their mobility and potential. If I had a UBI income, I wouldn't be one to slow down and if anything, it provides a sfety net so I can jump higher.
That sounds more positive than doom and gloom. I can see a lot though just accepting the UBI and doing nothing. Can see where Steem fits in to this scenario quite comfortably.
Indeed it does. Not only as an earner but as a mechanism of distribution. Blockchain is going to likely be heavily involved in the organisation of any UBI as trust and immutability are vital.