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You think that basic income is a good idea but you think that Bernie Sanders is communism? What exactly don't you like about Sanders? I'm genuinely curious beca
by peterclary 10y ago
You think that basic income is a good idea but you think that Bernie Sanders is communism? What exactly don't you like about Sanders? I'm genuinely curious because my impression was that Sanders would have done better against Trump, at least in the Midwest where Trump did very strongly.
- masondixon 10y agoI like being entrepreneurial and making things more efficient. This takes away jobs. I don't want to stop making things more efficient through automation. I don't want to hold back progress. But these people need to live. So basic income. Sanders has too much animosity towards the wealthy.
- prodigal_erik 10y agoThe key is to reward people for doing good valuable work and route more of society's resources to them for productive use. The consequence of working badly or not at all can be a very modest life, it doesn't have to be starvation or homelessness. Communism seems to assume everyone will want to work, and send out the murderous thugs when it doesn't go to plan.
- peterclary 10y agoI'm not an expert on communism so I can't speak to your assertion about thugs. Please could you provide a citation? I'm interested in your idea of routing resources to people to be used productively. Can you give some examples?