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Loaded title much? American news outlets always have a way of making social safety nets and increased qualities of life sound bad. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/n

Loaded title much? American news outlets always have a way of making social safety nets and increased qualities of life sound bad. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2240002/Switzerland-best-place-born-world-Britain-27th.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2240002/Switzerland-...

scrabble 13y ago
I found it funny that the title of the article was really negative, but if you read the article itself the end of the second page says that maybe it is also a good idea for the US.
- gress 13y ago
  Titles are written by editors not the author. The are intentionally linkbait.
- jamestc 13y ago
  The title isn't negative, though. Just radical.
  - gnaritas 13y ago
    No, that's a very negative title to a conservative; that's no accident.
spuz 13y ago
Whether you believe it is loaded or not depends on your pre-existing beliefs. If you were brought up to believe in the American dream perhaps it seems controversial to expect to be paid just for having been born. But if you were brought up in a highly socialised society this would not sound controversial. I've read quite a bit on basic income before and generally have the opinion that it might be a good idea so it does not sound negative to me to propose that people are paid to be alive. In that way I think it's a clever title as its meaning appears to change depending the reader's perspective.
jere 13y ago
To be fair, this is the same language used by the proponents of basic income, as noted in the article. That's probably what inspired the title. >Charles Murray of the conservative American Enterprise Institute... suggested guaranteeing $10,000 a year to anyone meeting the following conditions: be American, be over 21, stay out of jail and — as he once quipped — “have a pulse.”
gadders 13y ago
Yes, that bastion of right-wing views, the New York Times.

scrabble 13y ago

I found it funny that the title of the article was really negative, but if you read the article itself the end of the second page says that maybe it is also a good idea for the US.

gress 13y ago
Titles are written by editors not the author. The are intentionally linkbait.
jamestc 13y ago
The title isn't negative, though. Just radical.
- gnaritas 13y ago
  No, that's a very negative title to a conservative; that's no accident.

spuz 13y ago

Whether you believe it is loaded or not depends on your pre-existing beliefs. If you were brought up to believe in the American dream perhaps it seems controversial to expect to be paid just for having been born. But if you were brought up in a highly socialised society this would not sound controversial. I've read quite a bit on basic income before and generally have the opinion that it might be a good idea so it does not sound negative to me to propose that people are paid to be alive. In that way I think it's a clever title as its meaning appears to change depending the reader's perspective.

jere 13y ago

To be fair, this is the same language used by the proponents of basic income, as noted in the article. That's probably what inspired the title. >Charles Murray of the conservative American Enterprise Institute... suggested guaranteeing $10,000 a year to anyone meeting the following conditions: be American, be over 21, stay out of jail and — as he once quipped — “have a pulse.”

gadders 13y ago

Yes, that bastion of right-wing views, the New York Times.