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Many in Silicon Valley support Universal Basic Income. Now the California Democratic Party does, too.
It’s a sign that the idea is moving from fringe to mainstream.
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I like free stuff. But how do you pay for it?
Oh, you know, Faustian bargain.
You gotta figure the politicians who have to vote to implement it, already signed theirs away.
If it seems too good to be true…
We probably pay for it already. And it appears that automation is going to take the jobs of truck drivers, people who mow lawns, burger flippers, waiters and waitresses, bus boys. Anything repetitive and manual and many things that aren't manual can be automated.
First they came for the truckers
And I did not freak out
Because I was not a trucker
Then they came for the reporters
And I did not freak out
Because I was not a reporter
Then they came for the lawyers
And I did not freak out
Because I was not a lawyer
Then they came for the doctors
And I did not freak out
Because I was not a doctor
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To cut me a paycheck