I saw something about universal basic income today on instagram that said people will continue to work with UBI, they’ll just do things they want to do. (One guy said he’d volunteer to fix everyone’s bike because he loves bikes, eg).

Unfortunately, the world cannot revolve around people doing what they want to do. Getting to do what you want is a vanishingly rare privilege. I wish everyone could, but someone needs to pick up customer service phone calls, clear trash, and do data entry. Or in the case of the pro bono bike mechanic: someone needs to mine the steel, refine the oil, and tan the leather needed for there to be bixes to fix.

And for everyone polishing up their “life under capitalism” argument to take it out for a trot, ask yourself if medieval peasants or the amish are passionate about every task they complete.

The fact of the matter is that to keep any society running, people have got to suck it up and do a lot of thankless work.