Stop Being So Optimistic About a Universal Basic Income

[PHDNM]

Stop Being So Optimistic About a Universal Basic Income

November 6, 2020

By Christopher England

On the topic of socialism, G.K. Chesterton once remarked, “I do not propose to prove … that socialism is a poison; it is enough if I maintain that it is a medicine and not a wine.” Chesterton’s point is that socialist reform proposals, even if they really do address an underlying economic crisis, should never be mistaken for true human flourishing, which always requires a substantial degree of self-sufficiency and independence. A man whose life depends on continual doses of strong medicine remains a sick man, and he cannot fully partake of the good things in life, such as drinking wine.

This admonition is more valuable now than ever, at a time when the American public is being bombarded with proposals for a universal basic income (UBI) as the panacea to all our socioeconomic problems.

http://www.renegadetribune.com/stop-...-basic-income/

[Kenshiro]

Stop Being So Optimistic About a Universal Basic Income

November 6, 2020

By Christopher England

On the topic of socialism, G.K. Chesterton once remarked, “I do not propose to prove … that socialism is a poison; it is enough if I maintain that it is a medicine and not a wine.” Chesterton’s point is that socialist reform proposals, even if they really do address an underlying economic crisis, should never be mistaken for true human flourishing, which always requires a substantial degree of self-sufficiency and independence. A man whose life depends on continual doses of strong medicine remains a sick man, and he cannot fully partake of the good things in life, such as drinking wine.

This admonition is more valuable now than ever, at a time when the American public is being bombarded with proposals for a universal basic income (UBI) as the panacea to all our socioeconomic problems.

http://www.renegadetribune.com/stop-...-basic-income/

I disagree, it is not a panacea for all ills, it is an indispensable thing, which will become almost mandatory soon, automated work is already a big reality in many countries, soon machines will replace work human in many jobs, the EU and the US have to put a basic income in the middle of it all, the products will probably be triple, but someone needs to consume those products

[CDeBris]

Universal Basic Income is just a power grab for welfare whores.

[JamesBond007]

Stop Being So Optimistic About a Universal Basic Income

November 6, 2020

By Christopher England

On the topic of socialism, G.K. Chesterton once remarked, “I do not propose to prove … that socialism is a poison; it is enough if I maintain that it is a medicine and not a wine.” Chesterton’s point is that socialist reform proposals, even if they really do address an underlying economic crisis, should never be mistaken for true human flourishing, which always requires a substantial degree of self-sufficiency and independence. A man whose life depends on continual doses of strong medicine remains a sick man, and he cannot fully partake of the good things in life, such as drinking wine.

This admonition is more valuable now than ever, at a time when the American public is being bombarded with proposals for a universal basic income (UBI) as the panacea to all our socioeconomic problems.

http://www.renegadetribune.com/stop-...-basic-income/

Self-Suffiency and independence for alienated and commidity fetishizing wage slaves who have been forced into unemployment by AI and robotics ?

[CDeBris]

I disagree, it is not a panacea for all ills, it is an indispensable thing, which will become almost mandatory soon, automated work is already a big reality in many countries, soon machines will replace work human in many jobs, the EU and the US have to put a basic income in the middle of it all, the products will probably be triple, but someone needs to consume those products

OK Communist.

[JamesBond007]

I meant commodity not 'commidity'.