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[–]magnora7 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Who's going to be left to pay the bills?

That doesn't really make sense when the requirement put in place is the LACK of owning anything. There's nothing to pay for. That's why I'd hesitate to call this a "socialist" action

[–]MojaveCoyote[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

You're correct. The Liberal plan for the world is socialism, which is where no one is allowed to own anything. Meaning, to keep the lights on people will be FORCED to work cleaning toilets, fixing sewer pipes, and so on with no ownership rights for their work. That's called slavery. If no one will be forced to work, who's going to do those dirty jobs knowing they can sit on their ass and get the same things that someone working the nasty jobs get?

[–]magnora7 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I see. Do you consider basic income not to be liberal then?

[–]MojaveCoyote[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I know you want everything handed to you like your income without having to earn it. Again, I'm curious who's going to do the dirty work if everyone wants free money.

[–]magnora7 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I know you want everything handed to you like your income without having to earn it.

Why do you assume this? I worked very hard to make this website for example.

Under a basic income system people who want extra income would do work. It's not infinite money.