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Corin Ashwell 🌍 🌿 🍄🏳️‍⚧️
Corin Ashwell 🌍 🌿 🍄🏳️‍⚧️
@corin_ja@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

I try not to read below-the-line comments but I did today on a news piece about #universalBasicIncome being considered by #Ukgovernment in light of #AI

I see the tin-foil hat crew have now decided to object to #UBI on the basis that it might be tied to digital ID & will be paid using bank transfer so not in cash.

I appreciate people worry about the overmighty state but these are silly objections to one of the few constructive responses to the labour challenge of new automation

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Scott Santens
Scott Santens
@scottsantens@hachyderm.io replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@corin_ja Yeah it's been that way since Covid hit.

https://www.scottsantens.com/is-unconditional-basic-income-ubi-a-trap-being-laid-by-wef-global-elites-to-control-and-enslave-us-all/

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Is Unconditional Basic Income a Trap Being Laid by Global Elites to Control and Enslave Us All?

2023 will mark ten years of my advocating hard for unconditional basic income. At this point, one of the things that annoys me most is the new claim from conspiracy-fueled people that the rich and powerful fully support UBI and want to use it to make a subservient population. First
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