we are being robbed by the capitalist class ubi is just another handout to the parasites how bout instead we do away with the parasite class and receive the full value of our labour and meet everyone's needs and stop consuming far beyond planetary boundaries to make number go up
I understand your argument I think (the rich will capture an unfair share) but UBI is still one of the fastest routes to address folks' material needs now. Yes, we also need an anti-capitalist revolution. Socialism before communism though.
It's not going to address it at all after the first week because nobody plans to stop the parasites from stealing it We know they're going to steal it because we built a system that makes them legally obligated to extract more profit by any means necessary Impoverishing a nation buying wars etc
Respectfully, I disagree. I think a functioning safety net would a) literally save lives and b) demonstrate to the body politic that gov't can be used for good things. I understand your anger but why so much despair? What solutions do you suggest?
Why so much despair? We are on the road to extinction we put profit over people and planet our entire political system is bought and paid for by the parasites sacrificing everything for profit There is legal obligation to cause our extinction companies can be sued for not letting enough people die
We are nothing more than disposable batteries for a world eating profit machine we are literally sacrificing all of our lives and our children's future to make number go up and nobody is even having a good time This system is a waste of the only habitable planet we know of youtu.be/XlIDJJohRfE?...
We systemically incentivise and greatly reward obscene greed and disregard for life we give power to the absolute worst humanity has to offer And we do so intentionally There is no reform for a system that is rotten to the core youtu.be/01wcUXRqG78?...
I don't disagree with how you describe the problems, but I do take issue with the perceived impossibility of solving them.
I didn't say it is impossible. It's just impossible under capitalism
"We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words." -Ursula Le Guin
How exactly is UBI a handout to “parasites?” Seems like the majority of the benefit would go to the 99%
Who then hand it all to the parasite class that have stolen everything else causing the need for something like this in the first place And all of the problems in society which are caused by systemically incentivising and greatly rewarding obscene greed and disregard for life get worse
Sure but you’re still bemoaning the people that need it. Capitalism is an economic engine, not a style of government. We can reign in greed and corruption if we take our power back. The problem isn’t necessarily capitalism but how we manage it.
The problem is capitalism If we didn't organise society around profit if we didn't systemically incentivise greed if we didn't make the only measure of success profit maximisation If we didn't let parasites own everything we worked our asses off to build and pay for We wouldn't be in this mess
Why reign in or regulate greed and corruption when we can stop systemically incentivising and greatly rewarding it The problem is we put private profit over people and planet We Intentionally sacrifice our whole lives and the habitability of our planet to make number go up youtu.be/01wcUXRqG78?...
Wtf are you talking about?
Inflation outpaces wages because capitalists want higher profits and nobody can stop them from just taking it if you give everyone money the capitalist class will just increase prices and take it poverty is intentional it sets the floor for living standards and a threat for the rest of us
There is not a snowballs chance in hell that we will eliminate such a useful tool for controlling the peasant class. Not until we eliminate the profit motive and predatory system that incentivises and greatly rewards obscene greed and disregard for life