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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 6 Jun 2016

    Should govts give free money to citizens? Cheaper than welfare, compensates for robots. Swiss say: Not yet. http://goo.gl/umzl9H 

    8:15 AM - 6 Jun 2016
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      1. Koevoet‏ @_Ultima_Ratio_ 6 Jun 2016
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        Cheaper to not let statistically non working demographics into your country

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      1. BestFrenchCampsites‏ @FrenchCampsites 6 Jun 2016
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        what do you think ? I was just hearing about this - but if there are not enough jobs around maybe yes ... but strings attached ?

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      1. Eschersand‏ @Eschersand 6 Jun 2016
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        .@sapinker Swiss didn't say "no yet" , they said no F'n way. democracy will never fix earth. #PeasantsRevolt #Revolution #EatTheRich

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      2. Jorma Jyrkkanen‏ @JormaJyrkkanen 6 Jun 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        As people become increasingly redundant they will need a sustenance income for survival. Cheaper than crime.

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      2. Poul‏ @ppkzd 6 Jun 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        .@sapinker It's a right-wing invention. Milton Friedman proposed it. Progressive taxing w/o large bureaucracy is preferable.

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      3. Adrian Lopez‏ @PaladinZilch 7 Jun 2016
        Replying to @ppkzd

        .@PPkzd @sapinker It's a way to keep rich people rich as human workers become obsolete. You can't make money when people have none to spend.

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      4. Poul‏ @ppkzd 7 Jun 2016
        Replying to @PaladinZilch @sapinker

        worse, it's a way of controlling social unrest, decrease union power and keeping the public in line.

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      1. Jared Janes‏ @jaredjanes 7 Jun 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @BBCWorld interesting how much immigration seems to be a factor in this case...

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      1. Adrian Lopez‏ @PaladinZilch 7 Jun 2016
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        .@sapinker Should business owners continue to profit as robots displace humans while ordinary citizens have to make do with basic income?

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      1. Brian Robertson‏ @BrianCorvid 6 Jun 2016
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        @BBCWorld It was at the very least an interesting question, at it's very best a glacially small step in human evolution, some say.

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      1. Henry Edwards MAPP‏ @HEgettingbetter 6 Jun 2016
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        @BBCWorld Yes, I think we should experiment with it. Could have many positives (& negs) but let's experiment first (ex. Finland)

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      1. The Tweets™‏ @FTweets789 6 Jun 2016
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        its no. not not yet. cos swiss ppl hv moral and intellectual. our economy still lag behind to achieve that. Evetually will thou

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      1. Adam W‏ @AdamWallstein 6 Jun 2016
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        @BBCWorld it's inevitably though.

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      1. Miroslav Hundak‏ @FenringH 6 Jun 2016
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        Not yet. Eventually though, this will be the norm, I believe. It seems inevitable, if tech progress continues as predicted.

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      1. Parker Brown‏ @brownparkere 6 Jun 2016
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        .@sapinker This is too bad -- would've been a great experiment.

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