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Because most of us have our own problems and don’t feel responsible for the lives of others.

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That is false. Most of us aren’t sociopaths like you.

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Who is “us”? Unless you’re politically well connected or have nine figures in the bank, you aren’t wielding significant power to make systemic changes.

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“Us” the people who pay taxes and are hypothetically responsible for paying for UBI.

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Unless you’re politically well connected or have nine figures in the bank, you aren’t wielding significant power to make systemic changes.

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You, like the vast majority of people, are (almost certainly) not included in “those with capital”

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Now imagine if you lived in a society where someone gave a shit about your problems. And maybe they even have the skills and resources to fix them more efficiently than you would. Or not, does it matter, theyre willing to help.

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That would be wonderful but that’s not what we’re discussing.

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It actually is. We all have problems. Humanity formed society to solve problems. Society has been hijacked (for a loooong time in many different ways) to extract value from others. Some people want to combat that.

Some “have their own problems to deal with”

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