UBI is at odds with universal health, education and care services. The assumption that one size fits all reinforces quantitative means testing and negates the individual freedoms that Basic Income generates. UBI is about decommodifying time.
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Wealth, and the means to create it, is generated by everyone. Yet only a few benefit.
We all deserve more of the money that's being made every day. It's time for #ReGrowth
#LetsTryUBI
Very apt in view of the imposition of new rules for home educating families in The Children’s Well-being and School’s Bill (UK)
Universal Basic Income would decommodify time and free people up to choose how best to use their energy and talents. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ19...
axisweb.org/blog/care-fu...
"I shouldn’t have to do five post-docs and amass years’ worth of self-funded, change-making social projects only to be rejected by the only organisation in the country that has the money to support my development."
#UBI NOW
We held a meeting with the economist Michael Hudson to discuss David Graeber's piece - Against Economics!.
For those who could not make it, you can see the full talk here.
youtu.be/_-rckzfdCNk
#OneHealth
"Bats have evolved unique immune system that lets them coexist with horde of otherwise harmful viruses. But when people destroy habitats & food & trigger changes in climate, the animals can no longer keep viruses in check"
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
Wendell Berry is known for his message that small-scale farmers are important for taking care of the earth and binding communities together.
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there are already people who have UBI, they're the billionaires
they're the ones who get government handouts
if it's good enough for them, why not the rest of us? they sure didn't earn it lol
Reason 122 for a basic income is unpaid domestic work:
In response to the claim that a basic income would involve no 'reciprocity', giving income for nothing in return, a legitimate feminist retort would be that, traditionally, men have been free-riders on unpaid domestic work done mostly by women.
Green politics – from feminism to food waste: an interview with Natalie Bennett
As a student with an interest in the environment, food sustainability and politics, I jumped at the chance to interview Natalie Bennett
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environ...
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