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I hate being "that guy" but am I the only one who expects this particular brand of communism to not be any better than previous attempts? Somebody's going to h

• fnj 10y ago
  "Somebody" has to pay for welfare, too. The fact that all social welfare programs have a cost is not a reason to reject all social welfare out of hand. Do you really think welfare programs should be abolished? What level of starving to death and freezing to death in the streets are you comfortable with?
• caspianm 10y ago
  Compared to a regular welfare system where they stop paying if the recipient has the ability to support themselves / doesn't need it (from each according to his ability, to each according to his need) UBI is the opposite of communism. This one where people have to be jobless at the start isn't ideal though.
• DonaldFisk 10y ago
  It isn't a brand of communism. It doesn't involve any nationalization. Also, no communists have ever implemented basic income. It isn't even an exclusively left wing idea. Milton Friedman supported it, Charles Murray supports it.
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