4 ms·
These same people conveniently forget that their wealth is provided in some part through social investment in them (public funding of education, security, trans
by telesilla 7y ago
These same people conveniently forget that their wealth is provided in some part through social investment in them (public funding of education, security, transport, business-safe laws etc), and not acknowledging this is effectively 'pulling the ladder up behind them'
- jtbayly 7y agoThings that everybody else also got.
- kijin 7y agoI dunno, the quality of public education varies significantly from neighborhood to neighborhood. So does security. Equality of opportunity is just an ideal that we occasionally strive for. I'm glad that we strive for it, but we can't take it for granted in an argument about actual policies.
- telesilla 7y agoGlobally?
- jtbayly 7y agoThat obviously isn’t what I meant. And it has no bearing on the discussion. If your proposal is to tax me and not only give the other citizens of my country a UBI, but also give everybody else in the world a UBI, I’ll just leave you to make it happen.