fishgutzy
Senior Member
More like The Socialist. I don't think I have seen any articles that actually defend the free market.
A BASIC income (BI) is defined as a modest, regular payment to every legal resident in the community, paid unconditionally as a right, regardless of income, employment or relationship status.
Contrary to conventional wisdom, the case for BI does not rest on the assumption that robots and artificial intelligence will cause mass unemployment or that it would be a more efficient way of relieving poverty than present welfare systems (although it would). The main arguments are ethical and relate to social justice, individual freedom and the need for basic security.
It goes on with more drivel from there.
The fact that the author is using both "social justice" and individual freedom is proof he is either deliberately ignorant or knowingly pushing Socialist propaganda. Individual freedom is contradictory to the entire concept of social justice. Social justice requires the elimination of individual liberty, replaced with submission to state rule.
https://www.economist.com/open-future/2018/07/04/why-the-world-should-adopt-a-basic-income
A BASIC income (BI) is defined as a modest, regular payment to every legal resident in the community, paid unconditionally as a right, regardless of income, employment or relationship status.
Contrary to conventional wisdom, the case for BI does not rest on the assumption that robots and artificial intelligence will cause mass unemployment or that it would be a more efficient way of relieving poverty than present welfare systems (although it would). The main arguments are ethical and relate to social justice, individual freedom and the need for basic security.
It goes on with more drivel from there.
The fact that the author is using both "social justice" and individual freedom is proof he is either deliberately ignorant or knowingly pushing Socialist propaganda. Individual freedom is contradictory to the entire concept of social justice. Social justice requires the elimination of individual liberty, replaced with submission to state rule.
https://www.economist.com/open-future/2018/07/04/why-the-world-should-adopt-a-basic-income