RE: Universal basic income in the future
September 2, 2019 at 2:48 pm
(This post was last modified: September 2, 2019 at 2:52 pm by Aegon.)
(August 31, 2019 at 9:47 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: I've heard a bit about it, mostly on Rationalwiki, particulaly as it relates to Andrew Yang, and the alt-right fans that have somehow managed to latch onto this Democratic candidate. Among a few other things, like one tweet about white birth rates (technically more related to population replacement levels, supported by that bastion of far-right thought, the New York Times), another tweet that I couldn't find claiming that Americans are underdogs in their own countries (it looks like here, he was talking about income inequality and the ZOG-obsessed alt-righters decided it was some conspiracy theory), his opposition to circumcision (which, while far more due to potential health issues than religious [he does provide religious exemptions], these Alt-righters think they have an excuse to target two certain religious groups they despise), they seem to be most interested in him due to his campaign for a Freedom Dividend (a $1000/month buffer against redundancy.)
So, you can find this strange gang of alt-righters called "The Yang Gang" defecting from Trump (someone who parrots the bullshit they want to hear) to this Democrat who's so much they don't like, because, if he gets in, they'll still not get much closer to the Ethnostate than they are with Trump, but at least they're getting $12,000 per annum out of it.
On the subject itself, it's kind of like reparations, one of those things I think could be a good idea, but I seriously don't know if we can get it to work. At least with UBI, we at least have a good idea of what form it should take, how much should be paid, and how generally to siphon off the money for the UBI. And of course, given how $12,000 per annum is less than we'd get from 40 hours a week at $7.25/hour minimum wage (which is generally considered too damn low), it's still questionable how good of a buffer it is.
I'm confused. I think you're reaching by connecting Yang with the alt-right. #YangGang is far from an alt-right movement. I'm part of practically every mainstream online pro-Yang community. Sometimes I think older people with less connection to these online communities somehow think that the "alt-right" are the only ones who make memes?
Also worth nothing that the statistic on white communities is a pretty fantastic play, since those white midwestern states plagued by opioid deaths are the states who will decide the next election.
(August 31, 2019 at 6:34 pm)Amarok Wrote:(August 31, 2019 at 6:08 pm)Aegon Wrote: OkayGet use to that he loves to lash out for no reason. And damn does his comment sound borderline Social Darwinist
He can lash out all he wants, but if he's not going to watch the video before commenting on it then he just gets an "Okay."
And it isn't borderline Social Darwinism, it is Social Darwinism. Contemporary American economics is deeply rooted in Social Darwinism. Thank you Andrew Carnegie.
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