That’s a bit different though. UBI means people can survive without working, but working will still drastically increase their quality of living.

And sure, you may still work if you had no benefit from it, but would you put in as much time as people do now? And how many other people would?

What are you even trying to say here? Are you trying to make a point of any sort or just being obnoxious?

My point exactly. I could quite easily imagine my life without ever building a house. And so could everyone else. So your argument doesn’t really work.

Reading books doesn’t build houses

None of these activities produce anything

I’m not entirely sure what you’re trying to say, so let me rephrase the question. What exactly would have to change to adhere to this tenet, and why would that benefit society?

Yes, I absolutely could. Why not?

Mixing spaces and tabs should be a warcrime.

Who says this principle exists and who says we need to adhere to it? I don’t see what benefit that would bring.

Recognition isn’t as important as you make it sound. And most people will hardly start to work out of boredom. There’s plenty of ways to spend your time that are not productive.

In addition, there are plenty of jobs literally nobody wants to do, and consequently, nobody would do under your proposed system.

The difference is that in capitalism, you are compensated for your labour in a different way, with wages. That is sufficient motivation to be productive. It does not make a difference in that regard who owns the final product.

But why would I, as an individual, spend my life learning how to build buildings and then build them if I have no more benefit from doing that than I would from someone else putting in all that work? Surely I’d just do nothing and wait for someone else to do it?

Because someone has to build it. Why would you build something if you couldn’t own it afterwards?

How do you even remember all their names??

Giving away your money and weapons for free is not a very good way to make money imo

Why waste your time fighting when there’s a solution everyone is happy with?

Still better treatment than ISIS members deserve

Because they did not cause the Ukraine war?

Yes, but neither were a world war, which was my point

Certainly possible, but in that case the US’s activities in the middle east couldn’t really be blamed