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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
I'm kind of confused by what the intent of your response is. I'm not trying to silence you. If anything, I'm interested in UBI being given a fair shake through what I think would be a very interesting exploration of how the economy does and potentially could operate.
The UBI debate is analogous to the climate change debate though. The science done to understand what's happening, why and what may happen should be dispassionate. It's dumb not to be that way because making good decisions depends upon having good information. Dispassionate analysis has to come before making decisions about what actions to take. Letting emotions into that process makes it harder to have agreement on what's really possible.
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My response was to scoff at the notion that I'm being emotional and others aren't. We all use emotion to determine what we deem to be reprehensible. We all use emotion to guide our convictions. Anyone who suggests otherwise, is being dishonest.
Honestly, the deeper philosophical for UBI goes far beyond what I've said in this thread. I've avoided it because it would likely take this thread into all kinds of tangents and different topics. The gist of it is this: most of what we take for granted in life as being real, are actually fictional. Government, rights, property, etc...