Re:A decentralised Universal Basic Income platform based on ...
by dmos62 on Monday December 11, 2017 @11:44AM
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Well you have a poor outlook on people. To backtrack a bit, throwing money at people doesn't work. Look at the failure of post-colonial African aid. More fundamental and intelligent help is required. UBI is not about that. It is about recognising every individual's right to economic freedom. What a person does with that freedom is a better problem than how to be free from wage slavery for example. If a person exhibits destructive behaviour, that's a different problem. Supposing that people will partake in destructive behaviour given more freedom implies that you think that people _naturally_ have destructive tendencies. UBI is based on the opposite asumption.
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Re:A decentralised Universal Basic Income platform based on ...
by the-dude on Monday December 11, 2017 @11:51AM
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You assume all kind of stuff, including about me.
You know assumption is the mother of all fuckups?
Re:A decentralised Universal Basic Income platform based on ...
by loa_in_ on Monday December 11, 2017 @01:54PM
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Assumption among being mother of all spectacular fuckups is also a very fundamental concept and is required to form any kinds of predictions of future, which are in turn required for any form of planning.
And planning is important.