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UBI Cash Payments Reduced Homelessness, Increased Employment in Denver (www.businessinsider.com)

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[–] DerKriegs@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love what you said about believing in agency: knowing what power is ultimately in our hands would change the world for the better.

[–] trailing9@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you. Judging by the downvotes and objections, people deeply don't believe it. I had expected some technical issues that prevent UBI but reading those replies makes me sad.

This is Lemmy. People on Reddit will feel even more disenfranchised. But it could be the other way round because Marxism states that capitalist democracy doesn't work and that a revolution is needed.