I'm the biggest proponent of basic income, but the US has serious divides along racial and socioeconomic lines that I don't see being resolved in our lifetimes.

I'm the biggest proponent of basic income, but the US has serious divides along racial and socioeconomic lines that I don't see being resolved in our lifetimes. This will probably prevent any sort of basic income from being implemented. In any other modern, western democracy, basic income is a no-brainer. The majority of the EU is already discussing exactly such a motion, and the safety net of most developed European nations is unfathomable to Americans. In conclusion, there's no point in waiting a century in hopes that the USA's crippling structural issues will be solved. Move onto greener pastures like Germany, where you can have that future right now. In Germany, captains of industry are lobbying for basic income as we speak [1]. 1. http://www.goethe.de/ges/pok/zdk/en4387190.htm http://www.goethe.de/ges/pok/zdk/en4387190.htm