Egon [they/them]@hexbear.net to theory@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agoA very good twitter thread on UBI, why it works and how it works.twitter.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up19arrow-down1external-linkA very good twitter thread on UBI, why it works and how it works.twitter.comEgon [they/them]@hexbear.net to theory@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-text
Also does anyone have a way to turn threads into something I can download, so they don’t get deleted?
minus-squareNakoichi [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-27 months agoNo, I am arguing that it is a pipedream that will never happen without revolutionary class struggle that renders the concept moot. UBI is a reformist distraction I am honestly surprised to see anyone here give any credence to UBI.
minus-squareWakmrow [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoI don’t think ubi under capitalism is any type of solution and I agree with you it’s a distraction. But I think ubi is good outside of capitalism or at least the idea of everyone’s basic needs being met
minus-squareNakoichi [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 months agoI pose to you the same question I posed to OP here: How?
minus-squareWakmrow [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoI’m not sure what you’re asking but I pretty much agree with you. Ubi is like a tool and can be used for good.
No, I am arguing that it is a pipedream that will never happen without revolutionary class struggle that renders the concept moot.
UBI is a reformist distraction
I am honestly surprised to see anyone here give any credence to UBI.
I don’t think ubi under capitalism is any type of solution and I agree with you it’s a distraction. But I think ubi is good outside of capitalism or at least the idea of everyone’s basic needs being met
I pose to you the same question I posed to OP here: How?
I’m not sure what you’re asking but I pretty much agree with you. Ubi is like a tool and can be used for good.