Originally posted by Artol
I disagree, I think there is a base level of solidarity for all people, even if they can or won't contribute.I also think you have to give people the opportunity to contribute, most people aren't born as slackers or good for nothings, their circumstances shape them into what they become, especially in a society where all the best opportunities are taken through luck and relationships, where most of the wealth is concentrated before people are born. Our society fails at giving people the tools and chances to be productive members of their community, and the system has to take responsibility for that failure as well, it can't just be "personal responsibility".
I enjoy your empathy, I don't think you are correct HOWEVER I still believe in a ubi system I just don't think all that you say fits with the usa.
Originally posted by wxyz
I've said it before and I'll say it again, the enemy of small business is the Government.
I think it is more nuanced than that, really a lot of business is only possible due to government functions and is helped by it. I just wish they wouldn't favor the biggest corporations. But then again government seems like one of the best ways to reign them in, if we didn't have a government there would be almost nothing stopping the biggest corporations from dominating us even more than they do now.
Originally posted by Artol
I think it is more nuanced than that, really a lot of business is only possible due to government functions and is helped by it. I just wish they wouldn't favor the biggest corporations. But then again government seems like one of the best ways to reign them in, if we didn't have a government there would be almost nothing stopping the biggest corporations from dominating us even more than they do now.
Are you Canadian by chance?