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"And this is the real danger of a universal basic income – it makes the citizens unnecessary to the government."
Nice to know that no matter what, we're fucked.
http://quillette.com/2017/10/09/universal-basic-income-threat-tyranny/
@mogwai_poet I... dunno. There are a *lot* of assumptions the writer of that article is making. That statement itself is making a pretty hefty assumption.
Policy makers are looking at this as a cheaper alternative to Welfare. Capitalism/Democracy already punishes and exploits people like this with programs like "Welfare to work" that offload menial/minimum wage jobs to people on welfare.
It's a mostly positive article but... a lot of conclusions and assumptions about wealth/power.
