Only if I get dessert too ! <| sep |> Well , from the perspective of the developing world it has to be a little galling that our grandparents went around doing as they pleased , and then when they try and advance themselves with the same methods , we tell them that to do those things are terrible crimes and the race is already run . <| sep |> Then you will have to start selling it . That is the only way we will know how much people value what you offer and how much you are actually contributing to the economy . What if you don ' t want your work to be valued on an economical standpoint ? This is the whole point I ' m trying to make , not everyone has to do something meaningful in regards of the market , because the world isn ' t only made from it but also social and humane interactions which don ' t specifically have or need monetary value . You can help your neighbor in mowing his lawn , or call a professional , both do the same thing and yet one deserves more than the other ? Doesn ' t quite makes sense to me . That is not what people who advocate a basic income want to do . They want to implement the basic income now , before we have automated all jobs . They want workers to have to reduce their standard of living and quality of life so that they can support everyone who does not want to work . Well , they advocate it in prevention to what ' s coming and can already be seen , which is the evermore increasing place that automation has in the industries . Governments always , or at least most of the time , act retroactively on what has already happened , instead of being farsighted . While it used to be correct in the sense that the world used to not change as fast in the past , it doesn ' t mean much nowadays when technology and social constructs don ' t stop ever changing at quite a fast pace . I don ' t find it too farfetched for people to reduce somewhat their standard of living so everyone can enjoy somewhat of a dignified life , especially when you see the disparity between different socioeconomical classes . Is it normal for someone to eat dirt in the street while someone else enjoy a life of abondance in a house in which he could put two times his family ? This , doesn ' t sound fair to me .