Re:Germany begins 3-year universal-basic-income trial
by gremlinsinc on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @03:18PM
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I can't see our modern society lasting without this. Not much longer. Not after covid, and whatever 2020's throw at us, and global warming. Food riots, and real civil discord are only months away, if not weeks.
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Re:Germany begins 3-year universal-basic-income trial
by vorpalhex on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @03:39PM
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That's alarmist and unfounded. The economy has recovered heartily, in general civil discord has gone away in most areas, and grocery stores aren't running out of food or going insane with prices - I'm still sipping fancy kombucha at the same rate I paid a year ago.
More people are concerned about whether their uber eats driver is going to show up on time than food riots at the moment. I don't see that changing in the immediate future.
Re:Germany begins 3-year universal-basic-income trial
by esrauch on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @04:42PM
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It seems like plausible fears could be raised for food riots in our lifetimes, but not really in weeks. There's not even widespread shortages and depression era soup kitchen lines today, and those would surely preceed food riots.