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trailing9,

Don’t leave us hanging. Have you died or not?

trailing9,

So it’s just.abuse of the limited options for vegans. Sounds like a new burger chain in the making that offers same prices for everybody.

trailing9,

Or vegans are more affluent and locked in so the take what they can get.

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People live off one dollar per day.

The most expensive part is medical insurance. That has to come down to international standards. 300 dollars a month should be enough.

You need food from a central kitchen, about 1 dollar per day.

That leaves 4000 dollars for rent, clothing, phone and other expenses.

trailing9,

You call it flaw, I call it obstacle.

If you look outside the US, you can get housing for a price that leaves enough of the 4000 for other expenses.

The easiest option is to connect some barren land to a city center with public transport in a climate zone that doesn’t need much insulation. But that just as a proof of concept. More clever options can be realized.

trailing9,

Have you seen how housing prices rose when interest rates were low? Markets work that way because consumers outcompete each other, at least in the housing market. You need a surplus of supply, like the corn market, to keep costs low.

Like @espi wrote, you need fierce competition in all markets.

trailing9,

Right, they are a monopoly until there is competition. That’s OK. You tax them higher until it becomes profitable for a competitor. That’s not ‘out of business’, just high enough.

But you can also accept the monopoly if the offer is transparent and good enough.

The colluding is a problem. It is the problem. It’s unavoidable. In every system there is corruption. This cannot be solved but has to be dealt with case by case.

trailing9,

If you want to rent, who owns those buildings? One person who lives there?

trailing9,

Who would pledge 10% of their income to distribute as basic income? There is no need to wait until politicians implement it. We can start immediately.

trailing9,

That’s where you have to tax monopolies.

Monopolies will resist but it takes only some expropriations to motivate shareholders that they push for law-abiding behavior.

trailing9,

That’s why politicians won’t implement UBI. But you can do, as a private person. Other countries pay much more taxes.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_tax#/media/File%3A…

trailing9,

Link your end with the start. The top earners don’t have the income to finance it.

My point is not that UBI should be a tax on the rich but that regular citizens can finance it right now if they want it.

You hope that UBI comes for free. It won’t. The majority has to pay it with higher taxes, voluntarily or not. So if they want it then don’t wait for politicians but implement it right now.

trailing9,

They are not entirely wrong. Oligarchy influences media and thus voters and thus changes the will of the population. You should be aware of that.

trailing9,

Have you meant to reply to me when the comment above says that your post is not funny?

trailing9,

That’s where the social network comes in. Have all farmers in a channel and let them vote.

But let’s not forget powerful people who want sunrise in their breakfast room at a certain time. It’s stupid but those concerns should also be respected, among many others that can be considered when the requirements are collected.

trailing9,

Then we should start with daylight savings time.

The interesting question is if social networks can get stuff done without a stable enough place.

trailing9,

Can we make it so?

Is lemmy big enough that we can rise awareness for a change? Or the other way around, can we use the rallying behind the metric system to make lemmy popular?

trailing9,

No. Use surveys and you know when a third party is ready.

Furthermore if both parties are neoliberal then wasting a vote is not such a big problem.

trailing9,

To me this means that something has to change so that it is enough.

trailing9,

Vote for other politicians. There won’t be a revolution.

trailing9,

Such a tree on the beach…

Take a moment and check your spinner.

trailing9,

But can you also stand up when you want? Who’s your daddy now?

trailing9,

Was it just cringy or have you destroyed lifes?

trailing9,

No you shut up. Stop missing unconditional love and self-acceptance!

trailing9,

But you have Lemmy

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