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Universal Basic Income, Rethinking How Society Works (Original Post)
mother earth
Feb 2015
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Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)1. K&R
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)2. It's so simple!
Let's exploit the rich!
panfluteman
(2,066 posts)3. Yeah! Let's Abolish Wage Slavery!
I'm all for this. I agree wholeheartedly that it would free creative and inventive people up to make amazing contributions to society who otherwise wouldn't have the necessary time and resources to follow their higher calling for humanity. If Lincoln freed the slaves in 1863, then maybe we can free the wage slaves of today.
nashville_brook
(20,958 posts)4. it's funny how the *idea of work* twists our society
for example, do we assume that's it's human nature to want to work, or do we assume it's human nature to avoid work. those who assume it's human nature to AVOID work are going to be predisposed to conservative measures that punish the inability to work (like SSRI). like it's a moral failing that people cannot work.
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)5. Excellent!
K&R