Egon [they/them] to theory • 7 months agoA very good twitter thread on UBI, why it works and how it works.external-linkmessage-square44 fedilinkarrow-up110file-text
arrow-up110external-linkA very good twitter thread on UBI, why it works and how it works.Egon [they/them] to theory • 7 months agomessage-square44 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
Also does anyone have a way to turn threads into something I can download, so they don't get deleted?
minus-squareAcidMarxist [he/him, comrade/them]hexbear15·7 months agoIsnt this just buying off the working class so capitalists and their politicians can do whatever they want? Even in global south, isnt this what reactionary dictstorships do with oil profits, just more humane? link
minus-squareNakoichi [they/them]hexbear15·7 months ago Isnt this just buying off the working class so capitalists and their politicians can do whatever they want? Yes. link
minus-squareVampire [any]Mhexbear3·7 months agoNo. It's the opposite. It's buying off the bosses. It's making the taxpayer support employed people so their boss doesn't have to, instead of using welfare to support only unemployed people. link
Isnt this just buying off the working class so capitalists and their politicians can do whatever they want? Even in global south, isnt this what reactionary dictstorships do with oil profits, just more humane?
Yes.
No. It's the opposite. It's buying off the bosses.
It's making the taxpayer support employed people so their boss doesn't have to, instead of using welfare to support only unemployed people.