Yeah, but the point is we take the money and revolt anyway.
The idea behind Universal Basic Income is that as factories become automated, all of society's productive capacity will remain in the hands of a vanishingly small group of trillionaires, but they will give just enough money to the displaced unemployed masses to prevent revolt.
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What else are we going to do with the free time but organise
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I'm good with that, give me money
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Hello I'm your landlord I just realized you and everyone else are getting an extra 1k a month I'm going to have to increase your rent to compensate. Good luck bro.pic.twitter.com/PxpBjwPIvq
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that’s the idea of a small basic universal income (yang), but the idea itself is rooted in social ownership and redistribution. it’s also unavoidable as we get more technologically advanced so im not sure why you are ripping on it
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Agreed, universal income would help the most vulnerable people and open up career opportunities. It’s rooted in *livelihood* not inudtrialization, it’s unfortunately been coopted by Yang but IS a good thing.
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Also, consider the fact that if taxes increase on supply chains then the companies selling their products are going to raise prices, making it more expensive to buy things, and diminishing your spending power. The value added tax is a tax on working people, not corporations.
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The alternative is that factories become automated and all of society's productive capacity remains in the hands of a small group of trillionaires who give nothing to anyone, and the majority of people fight it out in dystopian poverty.
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Alternative is socialist democratic workplaces where workers own the means of production
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