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UBI is fundamentally right, my biggest issue with this approach is that this is the last step before eliminating support for the poor altogether. No longer hamp
by altcognito 7y ago
UBI is fundamentally right, my biggest issue with this approach is that this is the last step before eliminating support for the poor altogether. No longer hampered by the intricacies of providing a service, it now becomes a debate over "how much do people need to survive? Why do we need this in the first place? This is redistribution!" This is a battle "the people" not only have lost typically, but failed to even take up an interest in defending for themselves.
- chrstphrhrt 7y agoYeah I'm afraid that the trickle-down grifters will always cook up some soundbites to knock any no-strings-attached benefits by pushing the freeloader fallacy and people will fall for it. Which brings us back to square one, but without anything needs based, causing a massive surge in poverty again. Of course this has to be balanced with the utter paternalism of determining "needs" in the first place. It clearly isn't enough on its own, and is also ripe for abuse in different ways.