Re:We Need a Basic Income Guarantee
by fnordfnordfnord on Sunday September 01, 2013 @03:55PM
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Yeah, after I read your response to the parent, I thought about that. From an argumentative perspective, it makes sense for me to try move the conversation away from labels like "Marxist Communism" which are obviously meant to be derisory. Most of us probably avoid the word communism because of our culture's negative connotation of the word, without giving the ideas honest evaluation.
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I deeply apologize for coming across as derisory. I was trying to communicate "Marx's ideals of classless economics" rather than some Red Scare caricature of communism, and I did a piss-poor job of it.
Re:We Need a Basic Income Guarantee
by fnordfnordfnord on Sunday September 01, 2013 @06:00PM
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No apologies are necessary. It's hard to detect sentiment over teletype, I usually assume something close to the worst case myself.
To answer you WRT "Marx's ideals of classless economics" or what my idea of that is[1], In my opinion BI falls pretty far short of "Marx's ideals of classless economics"
[1] As steveklabnik has astutely pointed out, and I will readily admit that my notions of Marx and communism are colored by my Reagan era childhood's definition of communism. I wouldn't trust my own or anyone else's definition until I've done a bit more reading.
Re:We Need a Basic Income Guarantee
by steveklabnik on Sunday September 01, 2013 @04:10PM
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Agree 100%, I think most people's brains shut off when they hear the c word. I have another response in this thread to this effect.