Many liberals seem to think that Universal Basic Income is some crazy socialist idea and completely unrealistic. Truth is, it’s a right-wing idea, promoted by one of the architects of neoliberalism, Milton Friedman.
(Under an actual socialist system, with power in the hands of workers, there should be no need for UBI, as resources would naturally be distributed more fairly).
It seems many liberals are even more right-wing than Milton Friedman!
With the rise of automation, and with millions already in in-work poverty, as a result of capitalism's inevitable accumulation of wealth in the hands of a few, the only options - assuming we don’t want people to starve to death - are UBI or socialism. (Or perhaps a mixture of both).
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