So-called “Universal Basic Income” (UBI) is the new shiny object of progressive elites, a means of signaling their own virtue while intending to win the political allegiance of those unable or unwilling to provide for themselves. The philosophical root of this latest giveaway plan is the fear that with technology taking over more and more functions, there will be no means for lesser-educated people to find financially sufficient jobs. (This is hardly a new concern: in the late 1950s and early 1960s, there was a huge wave of concern that “automation” was destroying blue collar jobs that are, in […]
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