RE: The intentional miseducation of society
Sorry, I'm dropping this comment here only to entertain you, as that's what you all want.
"Love yourself? Ass you are"
Ass can also be a massive gap in which you might be trapped. No light shining there though.
Basic income is a really neat idea. However if it's only in one area, it might attract people to the specific area only because of the basic income level they have.
The universal basic income however could help bring equality across the world, but it would need quite many changes in the system we are living in. Would we live with one currency? Would it be payed in a single currency while others being used? Who would determine the universal basic income level?
I'm not seeing basic income something which would give people only the essentials and leave them out of meaning and pleasures of life. Instead, it would allow them to work in more free ways. You don't need to have a 40 hours per week job for it to be meaningful. You don't even always need the extra money and work to have a meaningful, enjoyable life.
The automation is removing the tasks which are not important. Some might be completely left without a job, but most likely they would find a meaning. Hopefully something else than working only to work.
The gap in income is not only a threat, but the most important thing is can the poorest still live a good life? It doesn't harm them if some own much more if they still live well.
I actually wanted just to write the joke but I couldn't stop. Sorry.
A UBI would be implemented locally first (I think Europe will lead the way) but it will slowly extend outward. Yes, a lot of things have to be sorted in order to get it working but for example in Finland, a person from outside the EU (unless a refugee) doesn't qualify for kela support for 3 years (at least it was this way). Perhaps it would be similar with a UBI.
Absolutely but again, I think that to have this it is can't be left up to governments and industry to create the space for it, it has to come from the people.
There is so much potential in this world that is being wasted currently and instead of solving the problems that can improve lives enormously, we sit and play games and scroll news feeds of nonsense.
It is a shame because you made me write more. With a joke I could have just written, lol and moved on.