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It was a widely debated topic inside the Pirate Party during their heyday 1-2 years ago. They declared basic income as one of their core goals, which rendered t
by muuh-gnu 13y ago
It was a widely debated topic inside the Pirate Party during their heyday 1-2 years ago. They declared basic income as one of their core goals, which rendered them unelectable for many people and accelerated their downfall.
- killerpopiller 13y agoYou are just assuming that. It certainly is a reason why I might vote for them in the coming election.
- muuh-gnu 13y agoWell, I know a number of economically liberal Pirates and Pirate voters who gave up simply because of the basic income and other leftist policies. While this clearly is just anecdotal, it might explain the bigger pattern why the Party had more success 3 years ago while it was clearly economically liberal, and while it is stagnating today where it is clearly turning more and more to the left. Younger Germans, who initially grew the Pirates, neither wished nor need yet another leftist utopia lying to voters about things they cant finance.
- scotty79 13y agoBasic income is leftist? If you have basic income you can do away with most of the wellfare that disincetvises people, with minimum wage that raises labor costs, perhaps even with retirement funds. Employment environment becomes so much clearer and unburdened. I'd argue that basic income is very libertarian as it liberates large amount of people from governemnt interference.
- nhaehnle 13y agoThe Pirate Party was largely a media phenomenon. The media has a short attention span. That, and there was a long period where the party leaders were acting in a rather unclever way. (I personally think that people should be allowed to act in that way - but the reality is that it made them very easy targets for journalists who wanted to paint a negative impression of the party.)