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We don't even have Universal Basic Income yet but libertarians are already arguing it's too large (arnoldkling.substack.com)
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[this is probably off-topic for this forum, but I found it on HN so...]

Edit "enjoy" the discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38233810

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[–] swlabr@awful.systems 5 points 1 year ago

Understood.

  • Cutting a check for everyone without much fuss makes sense, at least in the short term. Long-term: I am too lazy to think or talk about this in further detail, but in short, I think it's easy to argue that additional structural changes beyond UBI would be needed for equity in society to be established and maintained.
  • I agree that implementing UBI today would be a hard sell to many people, not even accounting for the counter politics from anyone right of centre.
  • Also, techbros love simplistic solutions to complex issues that let them stop caring and go back to trying to suck from VC money hoses.