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Given that the IMF controlled Federal Reserve can print to infinity with apparently no negative consequences now that the USD is already worth approximately $0.03 of the $1 value from 1913..
Well, it's doable.
Given that the IMF controlled Federal Reserve can print to infinity with apparently no negative consequences now that the USD is already worth approximately $0.03 of the $1 value from 1913..
Well, it's doable.
A step forward, towards global domination, is encouraging absolute reliance on the state. Think about how many people barely work, as it is. Toss a grand per month at the bottom feeders, and watch them start partying like they just hit 65 and retired. It could go either way, though. Lots of people work four or five jobs, just to make ends meet while paying for school, or trying to start up their own businesses. Those people could see a lot of relief, from such a policy.
It's really a "¯\_(ツ)_/¯" situation, for me. I'd be okay with doing it as a trial run, in a small selection of sample pools that represent a nation as a whole, to see what the effects would be. You know, before just arbitrarily making it rain on the whole country.
A similar experiment was done in Canada, decades ago. The effects were actually very positive; that being said, it was ah... uh... entirely different demographic of people, whom were given said benefits. Who knows how it would work out, under considerably different circumstances, dealing with radically different variables. Ontario's doing another UBI experiment, which has apparently been going on for a year. We'll see how that works out.
A step forward, towards global domination, is encouraging absolute reliance on the state. Think about how many people *barely* work, as it is. Toss a grand per month at the bottom feeders, and watch them start partying like they just hit 65 and retired. It could go either way, though. Lots of people work four or five jobs, just to make ends meet while paying for school, or trying to start up their own businesses. Those people could see a lot of relief, from such a policy.
It's really a "¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯" situation, for me. I'd be okay with doing it as a trial run, in a small selection of sample pools that represent a nation as a whole, to see what the effects would be. You know, before just arbitrarily making it rain on the whole country.
A similar experiment was done in Canada, [decades ago](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mincome). The effects were actually very positive; that being said, it was ah... uh... *entirely* different demographic of people, whom were given said benefits. Who knows how it would work out, under considerably different circumstances, dealing with radically different variables. Ontario's doing another UBI experiment, [which has apparently been going on for a year](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/24/canada-basic-income-trial-ontario-summer). We'll see how that works out.
Oh boy free money. Completely free.
Oh boy free money. Completely free.
We'll probably have to do this eventually, once robots are doing all of the work. Could a robot do your job? If so, it eventually will. So unless you want to pay people to dig holes in the ground and fill them with dirt just for the sheer sake of creating an illusion of productivity, we're eventually going to need a UBI. Either that, or else we'll need to radically reduce our population with one-child laws and a complete moratorium on immigration.
We'll probably have to do this eventually, once robots are doing all of the work. Could a robot do your job? If so, it eventually will. So unless you want to pay people to dig holes in the ground and fill them with dirt just for the sheer sake of creating an illusion of productivity, we're eventually going to need a UBI. Either that, or else we'll need to radically reduce our population with one-child laws and a complete moratorium on immigration.
This would work if we didn't need workers.
We need workers.
This would work if we didn't need workers.
We need workers.
Easy to spend money that isn't yours.
Easy to spend money that isn't yours.
Ok, Cool. I will buy crypto with every last cent. That will be the end for sure. Pure communism.
Ok, Cool. I will buy crypto with every last cent. That will be the end for sure. Pure communism.
Loaded as in high.