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I'll bite. What I mean is people were paid a basic wage to do very unproductive (even counter-productive) work. So I suppose that's a little different than gett

I'll bite. What I mean is people were paid a basic wage to do very unproductive (even counter-productive) work. So I suppose that's a little different than getting a basic wage without working at all. At least that's what my USSR-born wife explains.

steveklabnik 13y ago
Right, that's a completely different concept, with a completely different implementation.