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Douglas Edwards 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇵🇦🇬🇱🇩🇰🇪🇺If we in the <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> manage to get our country back from the current <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictatorship</a>, and we still think government is a good idea (I'm not trying to resolve the question of <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anarchism</a> right now), we need to recognize first of all that we can't go back to the prior status quo. Certain core aspects of that system got us into this mess, and will require fundamental change.(1) Our <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#voting</a> system needs overhaul. The right to vote needs to be recognized explicitly as a RIGHT, not a privilege for each state to regulate largely as it pleases. In particular, no criminal conviction should ever be able to impair the right to vote; racist abuse of the criminal law has been used to accomplish widespread disenfranchisement of minorities. Also, we need to recognize that winner-take-all voting systems are utterly incompatible with genuine democracy. If you ever have to ask whether you can afford to vote for who you really want, as opposed to voting for the lesser evil, you do not live in a democracy. Something like proportional representation, ranked-choice voting, or instant-runoff voting is not a luxury; some such system is a minimum requirement for authentic democracy.(2) To hell with "<a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a>". Any protection it supposedly offered us has been purely illusory. Indeed, it was never intended to safeguard the people. It was designed by an elite who deeply distrusted the people, in order to safeguard their wealth and power FROM the people. A legislature answerable to the people is the best safeguard for their rights that any government can hope to offer. Autonomy for the judicial and executive functions of government, as separate "branches" outside the control of the legislature, has brought nothing good. Throughout most of its history, an autonomous Supreme Court has consistently defended the most depraved policies of private power against legislative efforts to control them; and now it has aided and abetted the autonomous Presidency in fulfilling its inherent tendency to degenerate into a <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictatorship</a>. Put the courts and all executive functions under full legislative control, to be granted only such limited and conditional autonomy as the legislature sees fit to offer them.(3) We will need to overhaul our understanding of what the right of <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> consists in. I do not like the unclear slogan "money is not speech"; but the right of INDIVIDUALS to speak freely is what must be safeguarded, and if that is to be accomplished, we cannot allow private capital to monopolize control over the media of communication, much less recognize an inviolable right for private capital to buy such control. Also, we may need to place severe restrictions — as <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Germany</a> has done — on organized promotion of certain ideas that involve a systematic attempt to suppress the very existence, let alone the free expression, of others. A <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascist</a> march has more in common with a brandished weapon than with a discussion of fascist ideas in, say, a university classroom or a private home.These changes (1)–(3) will not, of course, be sufficient by themselves. I have not addressed issues as fundamental as who will own the means of <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/production" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#production</a>, whether people should be guaranteed an unconditional <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/BasicIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BasicIncome</a> (<a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/UBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UBI</a>), or how (and whether) <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#policing</a> should be done. But (1)–(3) will still be needed, no matter how a host of other basic questions are to be resolved.

David Mitchell :CApride:<a href="https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@kim_harding</a> I’m always peeved when headline writers accept and promote conservative framing:“The effect on their work ethic was surprising”No, it wasn’t. It was exactly as expected, based on multiple other studies done over decades. The only reason another ‘expectation’ exists is because conservatives have been loudly bleating the *completely unsupported* supposed dangers *without evidence* every chance they get.It’s past time to reverse that expectation.<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/UBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UBI</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CdnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CdnPoli</a>

SpaceLifeForm<a href="https://infosec.exchange/@joriki" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@joriki</a> Because people would rather work than sit around with nothing to do and get depressed or be homeless.I can tell you this, as a retired person, having a job gives you incentive to get up and do something. Improves your health too.If you are retired, you want to find a 'job' even if you are doing it for free[dom].<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/UBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UBI</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Markets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Markets</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Health</a>

Canadian Crone<a href="https://mstdn.ca/@Sanderde" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Sanderde</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/UBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UBI</a> has a proven track record of success. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MapleMAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MapleMAGA</a> would have us believe that criminals should be locked up for life with no hope for redemption, residential school victims should learn to get a work ethic and stop complaining, females should pay attention to the ticking of their biological clocks…. This is the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ConservativeCommonSense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConservativeCommonSense</a>. A govt that helps citizens, welcomes immigrants, and seeks to end homelessness, meh, the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cons</a> don’t like things like that.

cassandroid אַנטיפֿאַPeople want to feel useful. Universal Basic Income liberates people to be useful, instead of toiling at bullshit jobs. The idea that everybody would become useless once we finally have <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23UBI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UBI</a> is a fallacy. Perpetuated by billionaires that steal the gains of our work. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23AbolishBillionaires" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbolishBillionaires</a>. UBI now. <a href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/12/0351222/germanys-universal-basic-income-experiment-proves-it-doesnt-encourage-unmployment" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Germany's 'Universal Basic Inc...</a>

WilliamGermany's 'Universal Basic Income' Experiment Proves It Doesn't Encourage Unmployment <a href="https://mast.wmclark.com/tags/UBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UBI</a> <a href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/12/0351222/germanys-universal-basic-income-experiment-proves-it-doesnt-encourage-unmployment" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/12/0351222/germanys-universal-basic-income-experiment-proves-it-doesnt-encourage-unmployment</a>

Hans van ZijstA German experiment gave people a basic monthly income. The effect on their work ethic was surprising Well, not really. Not for me, at least. As one expert in the field puts it: Matthew Johnson wrote:<blockquote>This study confirms growing evidence that we and others have long presented: there is no evidence that Basic Income reduces economic and labour market activity.</blockquote> It's no rocket science: if nobody has leverage over you because you depend on them for income, you're free to spend your time and efforts in the way you want, instead of how your boss wants you to. And nobody wants to sit on their asses doing nothing all day every day, you get bored and feel useless pretty quickly. We've known this for ages, every experiment reaches the same conclusion: people will still work, and they'll feel much better. Let's finally move ahead and talk about how to make #<a class="" href="https://social.woefdram.nl/search?tag=UBI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UBI</a> (Universal Basic Income) a reality. Moving away from the current system to UBI will change things, what can we expect and how is it going to impact society? And most of all: how can we finance it? Giving all your citizens enough money to live, means spending an incredible amount of money, every month. It's society paying society, but where is that money coming from? <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/11/health/germany-universal-basic-income-study-intl-scli-wellness/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/11/health/germany-universal-basic-income-study-intl-scli-wellness/index.html</a> #<a class="" href="https://social.woefdram.nl/search?tag=UniversalBasicIncome" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UniversalBasicIncome</a>

Max Leibman“If people had more money, they would have less incentive to work,” say rich financiers, lawyers and CEOs who still work 80-hour weeks. <a href="https://beige.party/tags/UBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UBI</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LivingWage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LivingWage</a>

Marcos Dione<a href="https://metalhead.club/@Lara" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Lara</a> I also like the idea of <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/UBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UBI</a>, specially for picking up those who earn less. But since these are finite pilots, people are probably not going to leave their jobs, knowing that later will have to go searching for one. These results should be taken with a grain of salt.OTOH once I asked a coworker opposed to the idea what would she do if she didn't have to work as in customer support to pay rent and eat and she left the conversation by saying "surely something else".

Mike. 🩼🇨🇦Another successful Universal Basic Income study. There was no drop in productiveness "On average, study participants worked 40 hours a week and stayed in employment" “We find no evidence that people love doing nothing,” instead "their lives were “more valuable and meaningful” and felt a clear improvement in their mental health" since poverty is on purpose to keep us feeling stressed and beaten so we don't fight back <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/1984book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#1984book</a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/UBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UBI</a><a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/article/a-german-experiment-gave-people-a-basic-monthly-income-the-effect-on-their-work-ethic-was-surprising/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/article/a-german-experiment-gave-people-a-basic-monthly-income-the-effect-on-their-work-ethic-was-surprising/</a>

LaraKAnother study pro universal basic income. <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/11/health/germany-universal-basic-income-study-intl-scli-wellness/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/11/health/germany-universal-basic-income-study-intl-scli-wellness/index.html</a><a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/UBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UBI</a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Income" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Income</a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Work</a>

UBI4MEGood news for <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/UBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UBI</a> 🥳"One concern voiced by critics is that receiving a basic income could make people less inclined to work. But the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Grundeinkommen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Grundeinkommen</a> study suggests that may not be the case at all. It found that receiving a basic income was not a reason for people to quit their jobs. On average, study participants worked 40 hours a week and stayed in <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/employment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#employment</a> – identical to the study’s control group, which received no payment"<a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/11/health/germany-universal-basic-income-study-intl-scli-wellness/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/11/health/germany-universal-basic-income-study-intl-scli-wellness/index.html</a><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/UBI4ME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UBI4ME</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/UniversalBasicIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UniversalBasicIncome</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a>

Morpheus Being<a href="https://mastodon.social/@Sable_Shade" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Sable_Shade</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@praustrian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@praustrian</a> The <a href="https://aus.social/tags/UBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UBI</a> experiments all report huge improvements in health and wellbeing, crime reduction and much more. If we received the correct royalties and tax payments, not much change in benefits to us.

Eden EichhornHello friends!I am Eden, I am <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/NewHere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewHere</a>, and I like making things grow.My particular interests include <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/TreePruning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TreePruning</a> (think: fruit orchards, but also espaliers and bonsai when I'm feeling particularly spicy), figuring out how to grow a <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Garden</a> on a plot that is almost 100 % sand and gets little to no rain in the summer months, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/BuildingSoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BuildingSoil</a>, and collecting interesting vegetable varieties (bonus points if they are black/purple or variegated).I am a mix of about 50 % idealism and 50 % cynicism. The world is going to shit, but… that doesn't mean we can't try to have nice things while we watch the world burn.Follow and connect if you want to exchange ideas, passions, seeds or just talk about STUFF. I speak German and English well enough to hold a conversation, other languages might need some more time to decipher.Some random assortment of things that rotate through my hyperfocus lens in irregular intervals: <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Permakultur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Permakultur</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Permaculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Permaculture</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Streuobstwiese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Streuobstwiese</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Pomologie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pomologie</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Obstbaumschnitt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Obstbaumschnitt</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/RegenerativeAgriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RegenerativeAgriculture</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/RegenerativeLandwirtschaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RegenerativeLandwirtschaft</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SoilBuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoilBuilding</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Compost</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Kompost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kompost</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Selbstversorgung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Selbstversorgung</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SolarPunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SolarPunk</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/KlimaKatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KlimaKatastrophe</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateEmergency</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Klimawandel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Klimawandel</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sustainability</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Nachhaltigkeit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nachhaltigkeit</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SolidarischPreppen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SolidarischPreppen</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/BGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BGE</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/UBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UBI</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/AnimalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AnimalRights</a> (to be extended)<a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/NeuHier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NeuHier</a>

BIENGot & fresh new news out of Germany where @Mein Grundeinkommen has been randomly allocating €1,200 per month for the last three years Their findings? Improved happiness, no drop in employment <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/UBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UBI</a> <a href="https://zurl.co/UlVCH" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://zurl.co/UlVCH</a>

JosephThere was an interesting long-term study regarding a universal basic income in Germany recently. The results are presented here: <a href="https://www.pilotprojekt-grundeinkommen.de/en#studienergebnissen" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.pilotprojekt-grundeinkommen.de/en#studienergebnissen</a>Very interesting and very positive.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UBI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Capitalism</a>

Austrian<a href="https://aus.social/@MorpheusB" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@MorpheusB</a> Your proposal, if implemented, will kill the economy. Do you need this? Read Henry Hazlitt, Murray Rothbard, Robert Murphy on this topic. <a href="https://mises.org/online-book/new-liberty-libertarian-manifesto/chapter-8-welfare-and-welfare-state/negative-income-tax" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mises.org/online-book/new-liberty-libertarian-manifesto/chapter-8-welfare-and-welfare-state/negative-income-tax</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Sable_Shade" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Sable_Shade</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ubi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ubi</a>

samreciterErste längere Ergebnisse einer sinnvollen Grundeinkommensstudie in Deutschland. Und die Ergebnisse? Wie erwartet oder vielleicht noch besser... <a href="https://datachimps.eu/tags/Politik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politik</a> <a href="https://datachimps.eu/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://datachimps.eu/tags/BGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BGE</a> <a href="https://datachimps.eu/tags/UBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UBI</a> <a href="https://www.mein-grundeinkommen.de/pilotprojekt-grundeinkommen#erkenntnisse" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.mein-grundeinkommen.de/pilotprojekt-grundeinkommen#erkenntnisse</a>

Peter Brown<a href="https://mastodon.world/@BasicIncomeEarth" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@BasicIncomeEarth</a> good to see yet another successful <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ubi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ubi</a> scheme

Morpheus Being<a href="https://mastodon.social/@Sable_Shade" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Sable_Shade</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/UBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UBI</a> at <a href="https://aus.social/tags/LivingWage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LivingWage</a> level, get all mineral and gas exports paying proper royalties, and tax those 700+ not paying tax properly

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