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"All the land was claimed by others before we were born" (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by LesserAbe@lemmy.world to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world

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[–] Transcriptionist@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

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Hachyderm post by user Scott Santens @scottsantens@hachyderm.io reading

"We're the only species who must pay to exist.

"In a private property system where all the land was claimed by others before we were born, and everything we need to stay alive costs money, unconditional #basicincome is a basic 👏 human 👏 right 👏 to the resources we all need to exist."

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[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (11 children)

That is one ‘Wtf first sentence’ if I ever saw it… All other species shit literally anywhere and do not have ready made food. And parents eat children or fling them out of the nest if they can’t feed them all. There are no doctor rats. Watch a documentary or two.

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[–] Mysiu666@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

UBI is just another populist handout, what We need is affordable housing and food not more money for it, making it partially state-run and/or controlled would make people look more optimistic about the future.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Let's plot it out: Who would be eligible for the affordable housing and food? What will we do to make sure it's affordable? How will people get it?

Do you think that all people ought to have a place to live and enough to eat? If so, one appeal of UBI is it's simple (compared to alternatives) to implement. Everyone gets it, and each individual can sort out the details.

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[–] Amadou_WhatIWant@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

This is why we need Land Value Tax, redistributed by UBI.

So disappointing that nobody in this thread has mentioned Georgism

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