why not frame UBI as a more efficient and durable safety net? UBI wouldn't eliminate work, rather make it less exploitative
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Replying to @kranzman
I'm fine for seeing it as a safety net feature; doesn't replace the need for creating a more just set up than what we have.
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Replying to @zeynep
by itself isn't a miracle cure for all ills but isn't it more just than the hodge podge of programs out there now?
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Replying to @kranzman
Current system is horrific. I was trying to point out that a minimal income amidst great inequality is not a great path.
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What you need is a renegotiation of how we value what people are and what they do, something against the idea they're redundant.
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Replying to @zeynep
couldn't agree more and I think UBI works toward that. Is there an alternative to UBI that would do that?
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Replying to @kranzman
Shorter work week and paying much better for (or paying at all) for a lot of care work (can't be automated) for one.
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Replying to @zeynep
I definitely support that, but how? Are there examples of other countries mandating shorter workweeks by law?
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wouldnt UBI help give workers the leverage to choose fewer hours?
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Replying to @kranzman
Sure, but to be honest... none of this by itself is going to give workers much leverage. Need a wholesale renegotiation.
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My point about UBI—now being quoted out of context-—is that ppl won't be happy with some minimal income amidst great inequality.
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That depends on what that income can buy. Welfare should address use values first; an exchange value guarantee comes 2nd
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