Vaelith
Keeper of the Watch
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I don't feel limiting the income someone can have just because they're good at it is fair. If I was that person, I'd take my business and my money to another country that doesn't rip me off in favour of lazy or unambitious people just because I worked hard and became successful. It's as if because I'm fitness-obsessed and built insane fitness and health, I had to check in every day at the gym giving up part of the benefits I gathered for myself just so people who don't care to go to the gym can be a bit fit too.
Countries that try something like this are usually quickly driven into economic ruin (happens a lot in South America) and have to resort to the so-called "corralito" so people don't just leave the sinking ship with their money, basically forcing everyone to become poor and miserable just so the nation can survive.
What would be amazing is if countries provided a base income for every registered citizen that covered the basic costs of living, and work was mostly optional, for people who want to afford different hobbies or activities. Then it would be less morally ambiguous to treat employees like unnamed NPCs, as you'd never be toying with other people's ability to feed their children.
Some European countries are already dabbing into this, albeit timidly (with heavy restrictions on who qualifies for this "social salary"), and proving it is a successful formula that actually boosts the health of the country's economy, not to mention the quality of life and health of its inhabitants.
Countries that try something like this are usually quickly driven into economic ruin (happens a lot in South America) and have to resort to the so-called "corralito" so people don't just leave the sinking ship with their money, basically forcing everyone to become poor and miserable just so the nation can survive.
What would be amazing is if countries provided a base income for every registered citizen that covered the basic costs of living, and work was mostly optional, for people who want to afford different hobbies or activities. Then it would be less morally ambiguous to treat employees like unnamed NPCs, as you'd never be toying with other people's ability to feed their children.
Some European countries are already dabbing into this, albeit timidly (with heavy restrictions on who qualifies for this "social salary"), and proving it is a successful formula that actually boosts the health of the country's economy, not to mention the quality of life and health of its inhabitants.
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