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The answer is that there is no solution. Basic income is economically unsustainable. Social crisis is inevitable (like in previous two installments, agricultura
by atemerev 10y ago
The answer is that there is no solution. Basic income is economically unsustainable. Social crisis is inevitable (like in previous two installments, agricultural -> industrial and industrial -> knowledge economy), and there is nothing that can be done about it except of surviving through it.
Any possible basic income solutions will only make the problem worse.
- elsurudo 10y agoIn the current economic ideology, sure. But there is a lot of surplus (profit). What makes you think it's economically unsustainable? People would have to readjust their expectations, for sure. I'm not saying I know that it _is_ economically sustainable, but I haven't done the math. Have you?
- newyankee 10y agoIf you think of giving everyone 6000 $ per mth it may be unsustainable , but i think 1500 $ per mth + a reformed healthcare is very much doable, it is less than 1 standard deviation from the mean per capita income