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Basic income would only be used to enslave other countries that don't implement it (much like sweatshops/consumerism we have now) If everyone implements it, th

Basic income would only be used to enslave other countries that don't implement it (much like sweatshops/consumerism we have now) If everyone implements it, then it's pointless, because currency only works when there's a potential difference (much like electricity). Basic income detracts from the conversation; we're talking about issues and you've got your favourite solution that is inevitably going to be shoe-horned into the conversation.

Terr_ 3y ago
> If everyone implements [basic income], then it's pointless, because currency only works when there's a potential difference (much like electricity). No: Just because the butcher and the baker and the candlestick-maker all get a minimal $X per year does not mean that you've created a village of economic clones where trade is dead and currency is pointless. They will continue to have different ways of making money, different assets, different needs/expenses, different price-preferences, etc.