Your response is largely a red herring. The primary point of my post was to say that Basic Income has nothing to do with Socialism. I was not asserting that th

Your response is largely a red herring. The primary point of my post was to say that Basic Income has nothing to do with Socialism. I was not asserting that the way that mixed economies work today is ideal or even desirable. However, I was asserting that these economies have been largely successful, which it seems you disagree with. However, that's really beside the point. I used the term "laissez-faire Capitalism" to describe Capitalism in its pure form, not to say that it is found in mixed economies per se. Maybe I should have just said "Capitalism." Again, I don't think it makes a difference.