cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/post/92667

  • A Seattle basic income pilot gave low-income residents $500 a month, nearly doubling employment rates.

  • Some participants reported getting new housing, while others saw their employment incomes rise.

  • Basic income pilots nationwide have seen noteworthy success, despite conservative opposition.

  • jol@discuss.tchncs.de
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    7 months ago

    But that’s what I don’t understand. You can’t have a slave class if they’re all dead. Isn’t a slave class more useful, more productive, if they’re alive, reproducing, and consuming?