They are. The contrived part is your characterization of succeeding in Flint vs New York.
>So the food truck would fail not because it is in a community mired in poverty, but because it didn't make good business choices ...
Which is the case today!! There are businesses succeeding in low income communities. There is no level of income low enough that a market cannot operate in. UBI does not improve that. What business needs is a stable climate and business friendly policies. If a low-income community has issues with crime (or war, or civil strife) or the government is hostile to private business, that's a bigger factor than the fact it is a low-income community.
>The core of your thesis seems to be that if given the freedom, people would turn naturally to behavior that destroys themselves and others
Not 'freedom'. If the people's ability to work and provide themselves is taken away, then yes, it will lead to major societal issues. UBI does not solve that. There is something that changes when you go from providing for yourself, to have some other entity provide for you.
They are. The contrived part is your characterization of succeeding in Flint vs New York.
>So the food truck would fail not because it is in a community mired in poverty, but because it didn't make good business choices ...
Which is the case today!! There are businesses succeeding in low income communities. There is no level of income low enough that a market cannot operate in. UBI does not improve that. What business needs is a stable climate and business friendly policies. If a low-income community has issues with crime (or war, or civil strife) or the government is hostile to private business, that's a bigger factor than the fact it is a low-income community.
>The core of your thesis seems to be that if given the freedom, people would turn naturally to behavior that destroys themselves and others
Not 'freedom'. If the people's ability to work and provide themselves is taken away, then yes, it will lead to major societal issues. UBI does not solve that. There is something that changes when you go from providing for yourself, to have some other entity provide for you.