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Re:Universal basic income to be tested in Wales by jokethrowaway on Saturday May 15, 2021 @09:19AM (#27164938)
I think both three and two are similar statements: you already decided it's ok to forcefully get money from people, you may as well make it clear without hiding behind being charitable to poor people. It's a basic psychological trick.
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Re:Universal basic income to be tested in Wales by sokoloff on Saturday May 15, 2021 @09:32AM (#27165048)
Of course they’re similar in part. That’s why I introduced them together: to explore the spectrum.

I’ve decided that it’s ok for me to wait hand and foot and serve the every need (as best I can understand it) of my child when they’re under 1 year old but that it’s not okay to do the same when they’re 10, 20, and 30 years old.

A similar thing can be obviously reasonable in one scenario and unreasonable in another without representing a rift in cosmic consistency.

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