Would a Universal Guaranteed Basic Income Reduce Class Warfare?

[Jayhawker Soule]

Oh? In your youth? Refresh my memory. Was that in Ur or Uruk that you first encountered the idea?

Ur. As a southern boy I had little to do with the city-slickers to the north.

 

[Secret Chief]

One fascinating take on UGBI that might be gaining popularity is it would amount in the long run to a redistribution or re-tasking of human talents, skills and abilities out of jobs people were less suited for into jobs that better fit them. That is, people who were not forced to take whatever jobs they could get, would be free to take the jobs the were best at. It's argued that would have the potential to lead to some kind of Golden Age of Humanity.

Many of you have noted that. I'm just amplifying.

Oh, I get it. No doubt you'll get to be a Balinese fishnet donkey porn director. Or star.

 

[Audie]

Only if that base income is set at a reasonable level. I suspect that if we were to enact such a system, our greed and antipathy toward our fellow humans would drive us to set the level at the edge of abject poverty. Which would continue to trap people in a hopeless position, economically. And it's living without hope that drives people to resent others, and to anger, and eventually to violent action toward those others.

Cynicism is but the scabby side of naiveté

 

[Sunstone]

Oh, I get it. No doubt you'll get to be a Balinese fishnet donkey porn director. Or star.

Are you taking sides against the American Dream? Surely not!

I mean, of course, the Dream as it's often locally conceived of around these parts.

 

[Sunstone]

Cynicism is but the scabby side of naiveté

Awesome! In the name of the Glorious Revolution in
Poetry that I recently began with the publication of my
second book, I am officially declaring your coinage the
legitimate property of the Poets and the People of the
Planet!

Rights to its usage now legally extend to me.

Too good not to steal it! You may return the favor
anytime you feel like it. Shameless theft is an
equal opportunity employer.

 

[Audie]

Awesome! In the name of the Glorious Revolution in
Poetry that I recently began with the publication of my
second book, I am officially declaring your coinage the
legitimate property of the Poets and the People of the
Planet!

Rights to its usage now legally extend to me.

Too good not to steal it! You may return the favor
anytime you feel like it. Shameless theft is an
equal opportunity employer.

Of course! How do you think I got it?

See " Bloodsport" by Robert Jones.

I've a feeling you would like it.