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That would be the Marxian claim: wages trend for most workers towards subsistence. Caveat: subsistence is a relative term.

I think it's a reasonable question because UBI doesn't change much about the structure of capitalism. And also just like every other welfare program, it will be rolled back inch by inch every time there's a systemic shock and the poors are held to blame.




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