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  • cinoreus@lemmy.worldto196@lemmy.blahaj.zonerule
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    Oh let me tell you. Cause people beyond the western sphere are unaware of the tom foolery Elon has done all over the years.

    Practically everywhere the liberals have a very small political voice. Political priorities are cut very differently between the parties than it is in the west. Because of this, very few people are even giving these issues a voice. Most people aren’t even aware, and if they are, it’s just background noise to them. Like yeah, Elon did a nazi salute in the white house, what does a guy from Bangladesh have to do with that?

    People blame Americans for not knowing about the world, but pretty much everywhere people are just as unaware of what’s happening outside their country, as most Americans are, in fact far more. Sometimes as a non American I’ve felt people hold Americans to a really high standard in this regard.






  • Nope it’s not.

    Look, most of the taxes are paid by the people, do you think the billionaires are gonna spare a dime? Where UBI is needed, there’s most likely an entire population of working class that’s not generating any tax revenue, and is a net negative for the government. And tax money isn’t just meant to be distributed to the people, it’s for also maintaining infrastructure and building new ones. You realise how much of burden would UBI be on the government? Do you think they can still maintain roads and fund libraries/universities if most of their treasury is being spent on paying people an income?

    I don’t think UBI is practical at all. Ground reality is, even governments have finite resources. We genuinely need better plans than just relying on UBI as solution.