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What is the advantage of this over universal basic income funded by taxes?
by inimino 10y ago
What is the advantage of this over universal basic income funded by taxes?
- ianai 10y agoCutting a check sounds a lot less problematic than warlordism/etc
- wojcech 10y agoPeople think taxes are evil but for dome reason will accept warlords?
- krakensden 10y agoThe thing about warlords is you get to skip the 'acceptance' bit.
- Spooky23 10y agoA gun in your face shortcuts a lot of inconvenient thinking.
- Nomentatus 10y agoSee Bush, George II and Nixon, Richard.
- wyager 10y agoWhy are gifts preferable to taxes? This seems fairly self-evident to me; gifts aren't given at (metaphorical) gunpoint.
- Filligree 10y agoHow do you think the warlords—warlords—get those 'gifts' in the first place? Taxes are at least predictable.
- Nomentatus 10y ago"What is the advantage of this over universal basic income funded by taxes?": If you like getting giftcards at Xmas, nothing. But gifts from Santa or a potlatch are more fun, and more intimate. Choosing gifts forces us to think about each others' needs and desires, which is extremely pro-social.