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Socialism is a spectrum. We have a socialized public transportation infrastructure, socialized power industries, socialized water and sewage industries, and a l

Socialism is a spectrum. We have a socialized public transportation infrastructure, socialized power industries, socialized water and sewage industries, and a lot more, yet most people don't complain about that. UBI doesn't designate how peoples' income is used, it merely provides a baseline income to facilitate survival at least.

ryanx435 9y ago
Are you really making the argument that government provided services are socialism lite? So I guess the Romans were socialists then with their aquaducts.
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- arethuza 9y ago
  Services like the UK NHS are certainly regarded as a form of socialism, as Aneurin Bevan NHS found said: "A free health service is pure Socialism and as such it is opposed to the hedonism of capitalist society." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneurin_Bevan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneurin_Bevan
- Broken_Hippo 9y ago
  Yes, really, they are. And I'm not sure why this stuff is so surprising: one of the strong facets of scandinavian-style socialism is the government services and safety net. Single payer healthcare is often villified as "socialized health care". I'm pretty sure UBI and healthcare fit into the spectrum.
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