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> those that we received 50,000 years ago, could be provided for $1-$2k a year. Dignity is probably a basic need that $1-2k can't buy.
by mempko 10y ago
> those that we received 50,000 years ago, could be provided for $1-$2k a year.
Dignity is probably a basic need that $1-2k can't buy.
- coldtea 10y agoWhich is the parent's point precisely: basic needs is a social construct -- the physical basic needs are trivial.
- kauffj 10y agoExactly. Hence the 'almost', at the beginning of the sentence you quoted. My point is we should acknowledge that the drive for basic income is driven by "people don't feel so great when other people have more significantly more shiny things than they do; people feel better when shiny things are more evenly distributed" and not "shiny things are a human right" or "it's an affront to human dignity that shiny things aren't distributed the way I find most preferable".