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Hardly. Communism is a system in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. (It's more compl
by kemayo 13y ago
Hardly. Communism is a system in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. (It's more complicated than that, but y'know...)
A Basic Income policy is totally Socialism, which is a system in which the economy is cooperatively managed. (Again, more complicated really.)
But there's nothing wrong with Socialism. It's a bad word in America, for historical reasons, despite being fairly widely implemented within that country.
- erichocean 13y ago> A Basic Income policy is totally Socialism, which is a system in which the economy is cooperatively managed. Disagree. Provision of money and "co-operative management" are two separate concepts. You can do either, both, or none.
- drcode 13y agoThe concept of Socialism presupposes a powerful state. Both communism and basic income include the notion of income distribution as an antidote to strong government controls. I agree there's nothing inherently "bad" about these ideas, I just wish we wouldn't invent new terms for old ideas, just because the older terms have gotten a (perhaps undeservedly) bad reputation.