> Pretty big difference. A core difference, as a matter of fact Not as much as you think USSR collapsed under war debts and lack of freedom, not because peopl

> Pretty big difference. A core difference, as a matter of fact Not as much as you think USSR collapsed under war debts and lack of freedom, not because people wanted more money And the first notable consequence were people dying for home made vodka: they couldn't afford to buy vodka in the stores and poisoned themselves > It seems that UBI They rejected it! That's why it did no harm > Switzerland has the 9th highest GDP per capita It matters only if you, as I said, live outside Switzerland It's the 9th highest GDP per capita, but it probably ranks higher for living cost If you live there, as I did, I can assure you that for your basic needs 30,000 Swiss francs (around 31,000 USD) are barely enough to survive 40 minutes away there's Italy, Milan, where 30,000 euros/year is more than enough to have a decent life Don't you think this would put some pressure on Swiss borders? It's what happened when Schengen allowed people to go to Berlin and live on allowance UBI is a delicate matter, it make citizen dependent on the state providing, without giving bak Now we in Europe have a pretty decent public health care, superior to the US one, and a pretty decent state welfare It's based on the fact that everybody is contributing (well, if we don't count tax evasion, but that's a different matter) in proportion to their personal income if a small part of the population is gonna live on UBI (say 15%) and nothing else, it's gonna put even more pressure on taxation of the productive segment of the population, which is already heavily taxed (in Italy on average is 47%, in Denmark it can reach a wobbling 60%) It would destroy welfare as we know it I'm not against, but I don't share the enthusiasm I would be very careful