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Re:Free Money: The Surprising Effects of a Basic Income Supp... by trendia on Monday November 13, 2017 @01:51PM (#15688961)
That sounds a lot like Otto von Bismarck [0] . Fearful of the socialists, he tried banning them, but that didn't work. So, instead, he introduced "Soclialism-lite" with improved worker conditions, social benefits, and semi-public medicine.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Socialism_(Germany)

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Re:Free Money: The Surprising Effects of a Basic Income Supp... by RobertoG on Monday November 13, 2017 @02:00PM (#15689074)
So, socialism (the fear of) improved the live of those people. Sounds like a good deal.
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