Re:Moving Forward on Basic Income
by newobj on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @02:50PM
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This has got to be the most pathetic strawman argument I've seen on HN in a long time. "BI doesn't work because it can't perfectly protect the most pathological outliers"? Ok. Did anyone say it would solve this scenario? And I'm sorry, but what existing agency currently helps people back on their feet after their 12th car accident in the first place? I'm really struggling to see the unequivocal BI take-down you tried to set up with your "riddle me this" quip.
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They're asking how bad actors will be handled by the system. It's using an analogy to ask a question, not propping up a straw man and knocking it down.
The question is utterly hyperbolic, that's why it's a straw man. Phrasing your answer in the form of a question does not magically grant rhetorical validity to your line of reasoning.
Maybe I'm mistaken but they pretty clearly did not answer their own question about how BI bad actors will be handled.
> And I'm sorry, but what existing agency currently helps people back on their feet after their 12th car accident in the first place?
Exactly. Not the first time I've seen this pathetic excuse for an argument.
People will be people. You cannot force people to do things they don't want to do. So don't be a fucking idiot and attempt it.