A UBI field test. How quaint. I can't wait to see all the mental gymnastics people will perform when it fails, which it inevitably will because there's no part of Universal Basic Income that makes sense.
"It didn't work nationally because it will only work if it's done internationally!"
"It didn't work internationally because internationally some people are doing different work than others!"
"It didn't work with uniform country work levels because the work wasn't decided by a unified government!"
"It didn't work with a one world order because the subjects selected to be mandatory slave labor for the rest didn't work hard enough!"
"It didn't work with mandatory slave labor because the slave and master castes didn't breed at government-approved rates!"
"The forced human breeding program didn't work because apparently no one except communists are actually into that shit IRL unless you wreck their brains first."
"The propaganda program is working. Praise be to Dear Leader. We die in droves every day, but having been forbidden to report on it, all reports are that all are good. Praise to Dear Leader."
Problem is: It won't fail. It hasn't failed in other field tests. Because they do not test UBI, they just give some people money and look if their lives got better. That's not UBI.
It would be UBI if everyone got it, in which case the 900 would be equivalent to zero today.
The part where they use it to control people is where it makes sense. Can't very well expect people to revolt when they're entirely reliant on the government to survive. That's the plan obviously, but it's also obviously unsustainable. Communism itself is unsustainable, but that certainly won't stop them trying.
A UBI field test. How quaint. I can't wait to see all the mental gymnastics people will perform when it fails, which it inevitably will because there's no part of Universal Basic Income that makes sense.
"It didn't work nationally because it will only work if it's done internationally!"
"It didn't work internationally because internationally some people are doing different work than others!"
"It didn't work with uniform country work levels because the work wasn't decided by a unified government!"
"It didn't work with a one world order because the subjects selected to be mandatory slave labor for the rest didn't work hard enough!"
"It didn't work with mandatory slave labor because the slave and master castes didn't breed at government-approved rates!"
"The forced human breeding program didn't work because apparently no one except communists are actually into that shit IRL unless you wreck their brains first."
"The propaganda program is working. Praise be to Dear Leader. We die in droves every day, but having been forbidden to report on it, all reports are that all are good. Praise to Dear Leader."
Problem is: It won't fail. It hasn't failed in other field tests. Because they do not test UBI, they just give some people money and look if their lives got better. That's not UBI.
It would be UBI if everyone got it, in which case the 900 would be equivalent to zero today.
The part where they use it to control people is where it makes sense. Can't very well expect people to revolt when they're entirely reliant on the government to survive. That's the plan obviously, but it's also obviously unsustainable. Communism itself is unsustainable, but that certainly won't stop them trying.