Gregg McLennan: @weltschmerz.bsky.social Hey, I became a believer in UBI today.

@weltschmerz.bsky.social Hey, I became a believer in UBI today.

Really? Fuck yeah. Capitalism will require it eventually. We have to start thinking that way.

It would unshackle so many people from exploitative short term debt.

Yes!… and allow people to get together and create good homes together that aren’t precarious!

As far as the universality goes, mine would all be clawed back so but something so people could get a little respite, and actually get ahead of the game. Giving money to money lenders is the worst thing ever.

Ever.

Here's the moment of clarity at the end of a thread. Kind of fun reaching conclusions by typing.

It's just an extension at the lower end of the progressive tax system.

Good phrasing.

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