haha yeah :) but no, actually, i want them to have UBI, i just want everyone else to have it as well :) that’s a difference.

also by the way what i find interesting is that UBI wouldn’t actually have to pay for 100% of people’s living expenses. imagine i get a $100, then i’m gonna spend $30 of that on food at a nearby restaurant, so the chef and waiters are gonna get money, which they then spend again … what i’m saying is that $1 in UBI does far more than $1, because people are gonna spend it and then other people are gonna have it … so you probably need to pay far less than 100% of living expenses, only like maybe 30% could be enough.

also by the way what i find interesting is that UBI wouldn’t actually have to pay for 100% of people’s living expenses. imagine i get a $100, then i’m gonna spend $30 of that on food at a nearby restaurant, so the chef and waiters are gonna get money, which they then spend again … what i’m saying is that $1 in UBI does far more than $1, because people are gonna spend it and then other people are gonna have it … so you probably need to pay far less than 100% of living expenses, only like maybe 30% could be enough.

edit: this has nothing to do with your comment, i just wanted to write it somewhere.

ireland fought a bloody war of independence from the UK as far as i know. i’m not an expert of irish history but the irish have hated england after being mistreated by england for a long time or sth.

mostly with large tax breaks for ARTISTS

i mean yeah that barely costs ireland anything as artists are typically poor and therefore barely pay taxes anyways … /s

that’s unfair. what classifies as “art”? am i an artist? I’m not sure.

i think a major point of the UBI scheme was the broad democratic support because everyone benefits from it. if only a specific group of people gets it, that’s just another way to split the society. not what we need.

has seen their quality of life drop for the last 4 year?

i think it’s not just the last 4 years but the last few decades, it’s only that the downward momentum seems to be speeding up recently

capitalist america needed workforce -> tell everyone in the whole world that america is the best place in the world so people move there

the dollar is a fiat currency and only as strong as the FED’s ability to tax american citizens. if the US should ever break apart for any reason, the dollar would become completely worthless. and guess what’s about to happen in the next 10 years or so…

it’s not, broke people spend less

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It would be funny if that’s what ended the second american civil war. ICE not getting funded because the government is coming to a halt financially.

If that leads to less circumcision, that would be a win.

you can still attack the propaganda though :)

propaganda are ideas too

Citation needed

i don’t have a citation, and “largely entertainers” was certainly an overstatement. still, there are many examples, like silvio berlusconi in italy (media mogul), boris johnson in england, trump, …

If only there was a way they could have seen this coming…

Some kind of warning sign that trump was a fucking liar…

What i’ve come to see recently is that basically, there’s two ways of knowing what will happen in the future: predicting it based on models of how things work, or trying it out experimentally.

Now, to some people, making theoretical predictions is easier, while for others, doing the experiment is nicer. Ultimately, both lead (or, should lead) to the same result, but the experiment is more expensive and typically involves more suffering.

But also the more often we do the experiment, the better our theoretical understanding of things gets, and the more likely it is that we don’t have to try things out experimentally in the future. So, it’s not for nothing. Consider it a learning experience for the broader population.

And it’s like, who let these fucking political dorks so far out of their lane?!

Like did Newt Gingrich like the act at the 1996 Superbowl? I don’t know, and I don’t give a fuck. When did everyone start to give a fuck about these stupid asshole’s opinions on entertainment?

Elected representatives in democracies are largely entertainers, comedians, podcasters, and the likes. You can see many examples, i.e. Trump was a TV star at some time.

That’s why it’s natural for them to continue trying to entertain the people, commenting on everyday things and such, similar to a late-night talk-show.

attack the idea, not the person, otherwise you end up with personality cults and social division

yeah i’m telling you, anarchist internet spaces like the fediverse are essential for anarchy in real life; and the people’s self-determination largely relies on anarchy (i.e. forming your own community), i believe