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The chalice and the blade broken down
The chalice and the blade broken down









the chalice and the blade broken down

And the specious notion that everybody and their mother must "work for a living" is not only outdated, but is also seriously classist, ableist, and ageist, and by extension indirectly sexist and racist as well. And he said this back in the 1970s, mind you.

  • As Buckminster Fuller famously noted, there are more than enough resources for everyone to live like a millionaire with today's technology.
  • And it would be far less costly in the long run. No means tests, no discrimination, no playing God.
  • A UBI is far more efficient in theory and practice than much of what currently passes for a social safety net these days, and would have far less bureaucracy.
  • Ever see the 1996 film Fargo? Indeed, a Universal Basic Income is one of the best ways to tackle the second one.

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    Men become extremely dangerous creatures under either of two conditions: 1) when they have too much power relative to Women, and/or 2) when they are desperate for money. This is a potential ticking time-bomb that must be defused sooner rather than later. And this will only increase in the near future.

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    When men are no longer artificially propped up, they will fall-and the bigger they are, the harder they fall. Men are becoming increasingly redundant in the long run due to technology, globalization, and the overall ascendancy of Women.Thus, her argument makes a great deal of sense overall, and I agree. While that is true for some men as well, it is overwhelmingly true for Women. As the saying goes, there are two kinds of work that Women do: underpaid, and unpaid.

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    housework and caregiving) that society currently takes for granted and considers a "free resource" for the taking. Her feminist argument for a UBI, which I agree 100% with, was that such a thing would provide long-overdue compensation for Women's unpaid work (i.e. Recently, a Woman named Judith Shulevitz wrote an op-ed titled thusly, arguing in favor of a Universal Basic Income Guarantee for all.

  • First and foremost, "It's payback time for Women".
  • At least as long as we still have a monetary system, of course, and it will be quite some time before money can be phased out completely. I have repeatedly noted before why any serious proposal for a pragmatic utopia would require some sort of unconditional Universal Basic Income (UBI) Guarantee for all.











    The chalice and the blade broken down