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Re:The Spaceballs Argument for Unconditional Basic Income by kodyo on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @04:48PM (#34345424)
That's also the time progressivism was peaking, and nation-states started creating centralized government welfare systems and engaging in Marxist revolutions.

Get rid of welfare states, and you can get rid of borders. But you can't maintain a welfare state with generous welfare subsidies and have open borders.

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Re:The Spaceballs Argument for Unconditional Basic Income by anigbrowl on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @05:42PM (#34346132)
This is wildly ahistorical, overtly fallacious, and thus a waste of my time. Bye.
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Re:The Spaceballs Argument for Unconditional Basic Income by kodyo on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @06:09PM (#34346433)
WW1 happened right after Roosevelt and Wilson got done debating who was going to be the best person to centralize state power in the national government in the mold of the social progressives. And just after Wilson outsourced American monetary policy to a banking cartel, which opened the way to unlimited war and an unlimited welfare state.

Thanks for your reply.

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