Scott Santens
Let's bust another myth wide open: Unconditional Basic Income isn't a handout; it's a ladder. It's about giving us all the rungs we need to climb out of the cycle of survival mode and into lives where we can truly thrive. Let’s build a society where no one has to start at level 0 with nothing.
May 9, 2024 at 12:10pmWeb
Show threadWoozle HypertwinMay 9, 2024
@scottsantens It also slightly corrects the capitalist system's continuous misallocation of resources. (More would be better.)
Show threadWalrus 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿May 9, 2024

@scottsantens

Wish you'd used alt-text but boosted anyway.

Show threadJohn-Mark GurneyMay 9, 2024

@Walrus
Yeh I wish they used alt text as well. But I didn't boost because the info graphic adds additional context.

Also, accessibility is necessary to achieve the universal part of UBI.

@scottsantens

Show threadRui MalheiroMay 9, 2024
@scottsantens but then how will we be able to exploit people into working for low wages in order to increase profits and buy fancy yachts? We need to have poor people to maintain the capitalist system going.
Show threadDaniel LakelandMay 9, 2024
@scottsantens
I'm a firm believer that UBI doesn't just address poverty by raising up the base level, it also addresses the fact that the economy doesn't produce the things many people need because those people don't have money to demand them.
Show threadJack of all tradesMay 9, 2024

@dlakelan @scottsantens

In some cases the economy *does* produce these things, but does not distribute them to those in need, because they lack an arbitrary token of exchange. Without it the producers and owners would feel cheated, so they prefer (and sometimes are required by law) to destroy rather that give out for free. The Grapes of Wrath all over again.

Show threadAngua May 9, 2024
@scottsantens

Even more convincing arguments than for the Basic State Pension.
Universality is infinitely cheaper than means testing, eliminates most fraud; it's rarely the recipients who perpetrate it anyway.

Ultimate farce in the UK is that Benefits Department employees, the army etc are on the main benefit because they are paid below a living wage.
Hence the war on handicapped people at the moment.
Show thread LRG  May 9, 2024

@scottsantens

I wouldn't say it's a ladder, since u can still fall off those. I'd say it's more of a crash pad. It softens the landing from losing a job so u don't end up starving to death.

Show threadJanisMay 11, 2024
@scottsantens
Not all will climb and thrive. Some will simply spend. We need a plan for those.
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Show threadunlucio 🌍 May 17, 2024
@scottsantens I'll never understand what's with some people with their obsession and blind worship of work.
Humanity's GOAL should be a future where everything is automated and people can dedicate themself to pushing the human race forward and don't need to bash their bodies and minds in a job's endless alienating loop.