The whole “you have to earn a living” rhetoric is really toxic. Have we considered that maybe, in 2015, basic needs like housing, food, and medicine don’t really need to be “earned” but should, in any reasonably industrialized country, be guaranteed?
#what I’m saying is #basic universal income #should be a thing
This site really need to stop trying to make communism a thing. Yes the real world sucks but you need to learn put on your adult pants and get over it. Not everything in life is handed to you and yes you will have to work it.
Basic Universal Income isn’t communism. It is a form of socialism, but it leaves the free market in play completely. With increasing automation in the workforce, basic universal income is something we are going to need to consider soon as a society. There simply isn’t a labor demand to sustain our workforce anymore. However, there are enough resources and enough wealth available. We just need to be smarter about how we distribute it all.
The wikipedia article on Basic Income.
Thinking Utopian: How about a universal basic income?
The Economic Case for a Universal Basic Income (Part 1 of a series)
How Universal Basic Income Will Save Us From the Robot Uprising
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