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I've seen what would appear to be a coordinated push in anti-UBI think-pieces over the last ~1 week. Not saying it is coordinated, but I find the timing suspic
by abritinthebay 9y ago
I've seen what would appear to be a coordinated push in anti-UBI think-pieces over the last ~1 week.
Not saying it is coordinated, but I find the timing suspicious. Feels like it's agenda driven.
Not to mention most of the objections (like in this article) are just arguments from incredulity or traditional. Most are "well it's just impossible" as a presupposition.
It's the kind of low-level FUD that you expect to see in political articles but as they are all presented as an economic article it seems to fly more under the radar (this kind of nonsense writing is usually called out for what it is when it's politics).
Of course UBI is inherently political and, more telling, threatens an entire way of life for some very powerful forces.
Again... not saying it is coordinated, but it would be easy to see why there would be a push to discredit the idea in the US.
- Spivak 9y agoThis would be a weird time to have an anti-UBI push since such a bill wouldn't even make it past committee under the current administration.
- porkloin 9y agoThat said, it's pretty amazing that UBI has become such a big talking point. I remember about ten years ago I brought up the possibility of UBI in a college course where the instructor literally laughed at the idea. It's nice to see it being considered enough of a 'threat' that people feel like they even need to deign to argue against it.