I’m extremely sceptical about UBI. (Yes I know about Ireland.)
Not all ideas are bad because bad people like them, but bad people do like UBI https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115843053821195277
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…UBI relies upon generating surplus surplus. Which is about as anti-ecological as it gets.
Being unecological is on a fuse shorter than we think
@urlyman
Yes it mystifies me that so many environmentalists, even degrowthers, are seduced by that nonsense.
@markhburton @urlyman
I don't get your argument.
Where does #UBI rely on generating a surplus (surplus)?
Most people earn more than the UBI would be anyway, the money "surplus" is there.
With a fair tax system, the taxes paid would pay for the UBI
I perfectly get why environmentalists and degrowthers, support it as it would get rid of damaging bullshit jobs.
@realn2s I’ve tried several times to compose a reply, but in doing so it’s clear that my thoughts on the matter are instinctive rather than coherent
@realn2s suffice to say that the future we are barreling towards is one of capital contraction and evaporation, diminishing resources and going back to the land.
The gradients we’ve flattened are not coming back on civilisational time scales
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@urlyman
Ireland makes the case for non-universal BI, which is defensible.