&gt; I just think that socialism and communism (which basic income basically is - it&#x27;s paid for by the working class) ultimately leads to the destruction of the economy.<p>Trouble is, isn&#x27;t some form of socialism inevitable? As automation continues to progress, more and more no-to-little-skill types are eliminated which then requires people to gain further education and experience to continue to qualify for some type of job. At some point we&#x27;re going to automate so much that you&#x27;ll essentially have to be an expert in a field to be employable.<p>At least that&#x27;s how it looks like to me. Today socialism doesn&#x27;t work (at least to a degree; some socialism-like services I could see working today like health care) but in the future where every job but the ones with the highest skill requirements are automated, what do you do?