Peter Thiel’s Embrace of Trump Has Silicon Valley Squirming

Re:Peter Thiel’s Embrace of Trump Has Silicon Valley Squirming by Miner49er on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @02:28PM (#12131328)

Basic income actually is a pretty Libertarian idea IMO. It gives people the choice to spend their money however, unlike food stamps and other benefits. It's gonna be needed eventually as more jobs are automated as well.

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Re:Peter Thiel’s Embrace of Trump Has Silicon Valley Squirming by 13years on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @03:03PM (#12131575)

I know it is accepted by some where it is definitely seen as at least better than the existing method of providing support.

However, a lot of libertarians follow a non aggression principle, which says you can't use force or violence against anyone except to protect their liberty.

Basic income isn't compatible with that principle in that you will have to extract that resource by force from other people violating their property rights.

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Re:Peter Thiel’s Embrace of Trump Has Silicon Valley Squirming by Miner49er on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @04:00PM (#12131975)

Yeah, very true, I hadn't really thought about it that way. It does violate pure Libertarianism, but it might be necessary in the future.

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