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Kind of a meta comment, but it wouldn't surprise me at all if the basic income movement was (for the most part) started and promoted by an intelligence agency.
by TACIXAT 10y ago
Kind of a meta comment, but it wouldn't surprise me at all if the basic income movement was (for the most part) started and promoted by an intelligence agency.
After reading about the literary magazines and abstract art that the CIA funded I started thinking what a current program would look like. I think it would look like how basic income is developing.
- Pyxl101 10y agoCould you be more specific? What literary magazines and abstract art did the CIA fund? What about the way basic income is developing gives you the impression that it's a CIA program? Without detail this seems like an unsupported conspiracy theory. What would be their incentive in this instance?
- TACIXAT 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_expressionism#Abstract_expressionism_and_the_Cold_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_expressionism#Abstrac... https://theawl.com/literary-magazines-for-socialists-funded-by-the-cia-ranked-93e65a5a710a#.a618zmt10 https://theawl.com/literary-magazines-for-socialists-funded-... Totally speculation at this point. Just the way that the movement arose. There were a few articles covering it. Then a few communities created around it. Then more and more research done on it. Its emergence was interesting.
- mac01021 10y ago> After reading about the literary magazines and abstract art that the CIA funded ... Any links?
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- Pamar 10y agoI suppose the op meant this: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/modern-art-was-cia-weapon-1578808.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/modern-art-was-cia-w...
- TACIXAT 10y agoHere is one on socialist literary magazines. https://theawl.com/literary-magazines-for-socialists-funded-by-the-cia-ranked-93e65a5a710a#.ls78db97q https://theawl.com/literary-magazines-for-socialists-funded-...
- joshkpeterson 10y agoUh, okay. Why would an intelligence agency have an interest in UBI? The idea's been around for a long time, by the way. MLK was into it.
- zenogais 10y agoAt the very least it seems like UBI would further centralize power within government by simply funneling even more money into it. Depends on your POV whether or not you think this is a good thing.