Even though I no longer identify with the left, and have never identified with the right, I don’t like being called centrist, as it validates the outdated left-right continuum that I want to escape. In the spirit of today, I’d rather be known as “political spectrum non-binary.”
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A UBI is an economic intervention, making it a left of center policy, at minimum. Some right-wingers have advocated it, meaning that they have conceded some market freedom, making them more left-wing than those who advocate only a Laissez-Faire capitalism
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A UBI is not necessarily a centre-left position. It's been espoused by Friedman et al as a way to shrink the government. And this illustrates why such categorisations as left and right are inadequate in articulating the nuances of modernity.
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Right. UBI can fit almost anywhere on the left-right spectrum. UBI is "political spectrum non-binary."
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UBI, if not opt-in/forced by a government, is definitely an authoritarian concept, and I've typically seen more left-leaning folks promote it. If you're truly looking to understand the world through a more empirical lens, this might help:pic.twitter.com/4rt8YRKQ2G
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