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Re:The Long-Term Jobs Killer Is Not China, It’s Automation by inimino on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @10:49PM (#13234637)
What is the advantage of this over universal basic income funded by taxes?
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Re:The Long-Term Jobs Killer Is Not China, It’s Automation by wojcech on Thursday December 22, 2016 @12:09AM (#13234997)
People think taxes are evil but for dome reason will accept warlords?
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Re:The Long-Term Jobs Killer Is Not China, It’s Automation by krakensden on Thursday December 22, 2016 @01:47AM (#13235394)
The thing about warlords is you get to skip the 'acceptance' bit.
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Re:The Long-Term Jobs Killer Is Not China, It’s Automation by Spooky23 on Thursday December 22, 2016 @07:44AM (#13236886)
A gun in your face shortcuts a lot of inconvenient thinking.
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Re:The Long-Term Jobs Killer Is Not China, It’s Automation by Nomentatus on Friday December 23, 2016 @01:13PM (#13246255)
See Bush, George II and Nixon, Richard.
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Re:The Long-Term Jobs Killer Is Not China, It’s Automation by Nomentatus on Friday December 23, 2016 @01:13PM (#13246247)
"What is the advantage of this over universal basic income funded by taxes?":

If you like getting giftcards at Xmas, nothing. But gifts from Santa or a potlatch are more fun, and more intimate. Choosing gifts forces us to think about each others' needs and desires, which is extremely pro-social.

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Re:The Long-Term Jobs Killer Is Not China, It’s Automation by ianai on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @11:45PM (#13234890)
Cutting a check sounds a lot less problematic than warlordism/etc
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Re:The Long-Term Jobs Killer Is Not China, It’s Automation by wyager on Thursday December 22, 2016 @01:10AM (#13235267)
Why are gifts preferable to taxes? This seems fairly self-evident to me; gifts aren't given at (metaphorical) gunpoint.
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Re:The Long-Term Jobs Killer Is Not China, It’s Automation by Filligree on Thursday December 22, 2016 @07:24AM (#13236758)
How do you think the warlords—warlords—get those 'gifts' in the first place?

Taxes are at least predictable.

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