Again, you don't know the true extent of my interactions with the system. They go far beyond just "sitting on a psychiatrist's couch". I've seen, heard, and been through a lot more than you think I have. We're going to have to disagree here.
As for Andrew's UBI, he was very clear that it could be funded through a VAT, and taxes on corporations that benefit most from automation. Those taxes may be anti-stimulative, but the UBI itself would be stimulative and offset the negative impacts of the taxes.
If your argument is that the corporate oligarchy would not allow it to happen, that's a separate issue that needs to be resolved. We absolutely can't be content with living in a society where the top 1% control more than a quarter of all the wealth (the problem is way worse in the US where they control half of all the wealth).
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