alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoCalls to tax the superrich grow as economic inequality surgeswww.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up11.05Kcross-posted to: brainworms@lemm.ee
arrow-up11.05Kexternal-linkCalls to tax the superrich grow as economic inequality surgeswww.aljazeera.comalphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square81fedilinkcross-posted to: brainworms@lemm.ee
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year ago something else needs to be added to this mix to fix this mess Could Universal Basic Income play a role in this?
minus-squaredangblingus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoBand aid solution. The system remains unchanged. The billionaires still make their profits off of the backs of you and me.
minus-squaretriptrapper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoUBI wouldn’t aim to get rid of billionaires since they would also receive payments. But it would help get rid of poverty, no?
minus-squareRandom_Character_A@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoWell at least after AI and robots replace a good portion of the workforce, detaching happy, educated citizens from the societies money flow. My guess is gouverment by powerful corporation and people unable to adapt dying in gutters, rather that universal income.
Could Universal Basic Income play a role in this?
Band aid solution. The system remains unchanged. The billionaires still make their profits off of the backs of you and me.
UBI wouldn’t aim to get rid of billionaires since they would also receive payments. But it would help get rid of poverty, no?
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Well at least after AI and robots replace a good portion of the workforce, detaching happy, educated citizens from the societies money flow.
My guess is gouverment by powerful corporation and people unable to adapt dying in gutters, rather that universal income.