Thursday, 17 May 2018

Basic Income, Not Basic Jobs: Against Hijacking Utopia

quote [ Social responsibility. Sense of purpose. Community. Meaningful ways to spend your time. This is some big talk for promoting jobs that in real life are probably going to involve a lot of “Do you want fries with that?” ]

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[by arrowhen]
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bbqkink said @ 7:20pm GMT on 18th May
It is about political energy and yea I'm sick of the sky is falling the sky is falling...And how long should I listen to the world is neigh before I call bullshit.

It doesn't mater if UBI is Nirvana...it has no chance of being a real thing.


bbqkink said @ 7:24pm GMT on 18th May
It is about political energy and yea I'm sick of the sky is falling the sky is falling...And how long should I listen to the world is neigh before I call bullshit.

I am totally against this. Maybe basic jobs are better than nothing, but I have an absolute 100% revulsion at the idea of implementing basic jobs as an alternative to basic income

"better than nothing"...well no shit that is kind of the whole point

It doesn't mater if UBI is Nirvana...it has no chance of being a real thing.



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bbqkink said @ 7:20pm GMT on 18th May [Score:-1 Original]
It is about political energy and yea I'm sick of the sky is falling the sky is falling...And how long should I listen to the world is neigh before I call bullshit.

I am totally against this. Maybe basic jobs are better than nothing, but I have an absolute 100% revulsion at the idea of implementing basic jobs as an alternative to basic income

"better than nothing"...well no shit that is kind of the whole point

It doesn't mater if UBI is Nirvana...it has no chance of being a real thing.




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