> You teach them that a) they'll probably squander it, because they didn't work for it, and b) if they really want it, they can get it through honest means.
As to b), that's the No True Scotsman fallacy — you failed, so you must not have REALLY wanted it ....
SECOND: Assuming your premise arguendo, people vary in their ability to grasp life's lessons. That was tough for me to come to terms with — isn't it obvious? Why don't you see this? Believe it or not, what helped me see this was my frustration at the inability of my wife and our now-adult children — all of whom are very-intelligent people — to grasp what I regarded as simple mathematical concepts.
> If you have a problem with "failing to keep up with the Joneses", then you're in deeper doodoo than the freedom dividend can pull you out of. There is no amount of material wealth you can reasonably transfer to that person to make them satisfied with their lot in life.
As I mentioned upthread, we seem to be programmed by natural selection to want to keep up with the Joneses. OK, if that's the way things are: I make it a practice not to argue with the weather (to borrow a Heinlein saying), but instead to try to figure out how best to deal with it. If we want our interconnected global society to survive and thrive, we need to figure out better ways of dealing with the volatile combination of a) the Joneses problem and b) people's varying abilities to grasp life's lessons — especially when those who fail to grasp those lessons can misguidedly inflict grave damage on society.
FIRST: Neither of your points is self-evident.
As to a), there's research indicating that poor people, given unrestricted cash grants, do not just squander the money. https://www.vox.com/2016/1/23/10810978/cash-transfer-givedir...
As to b), that's the No True Scotsman fallacy — you failed, so you must not have REALLY wanted it ....
SECOND: Assuming your premise arguendo, people vary in their ability to grasp life's lessons. That was tough for me to come to terms with — isn't it obvious? Why don't you see this? Believe it or not, what helped me see this was my frustration at the inability of my wife and our now-adult children — all of whom are very-intelligent people — to grasp what I regarded as simple mathematical concepts.
> If you have a problem with "failing to keep up with the Joneses", then you're in deeper doodoo than the freedom dividend can pull you out of. There is no amount of material wealth you can reasonably transfer to that person to make them satisfied with their lot in life.
As I mentioned upthread, we seem to be programmed by natural selection to want to keep up with the Joneses. OK, if that's the way things are: I make it a practice not to argue with the weather (to borrow a Heinlein saying), but instead to try to figure out how best to deal with it. If we want our interconnected global society to survive and thrive, we need to figure out better ways of dealing with the volatile combination of a) the Joneses problem and b) people's varying abilities to grasp life's lessons — especially when those who fail to grasp those lessons can misguidedly inflict grave damage on society.