Don't want to see paupers starving in the street. Idea of "King's charity" vs "welfare state" is reintroducing concept of "deserving poor"
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Replying to @anomalyuk
Current charities seem very bad at helping atm vs the welfare state which is reasonably consistent. Just give everyone a dividend I think
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Replying to @bswud @anomalyuk
and at least pensions/disability benefits are a sustained income. Charity is unreliable, and results in a worse living standard for the ill.
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I'd much rather the most vulnerable people be given a sustained basic income allowance on the basis they're human beings, not charity.
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Replying to @Almightyk9 @bswud
This is in the context of the abolition of democracy, right? Just so we're on the same page.
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Replying to @anomalyuk @bswud
It's not about democracy, there are certain laws that should hold regardless. This prevents mob rule and minorities being threatened.
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besides, I think automation will cause problems for workers in the long run, the unemployed have to be compensated for this, no ifs no buts.
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Replying to @Almightyk9 @bswud
I'm just curious why you're jumping on a month-old discussion about what to do after abolishing democracy, that's all.
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Replying to @anomalyuk @bswud
bswud made a good point about charity, and I agreed with his post. What's the problem? he is right, charity is terrible at fixing poverty.
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Replying to @Almightyk9 @bswud
This is probably the twitter UI being useless. Ben's point was a reply to my suggestion about how to relieve poverty under absolute monarchy
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It's getting more and more common these days for twitter to show tweets with missing or incorrect context. Got much worse the last few weeks
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