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[-] kevinbacon@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Aaaaand there it is, the reason they fight so hard to keep you from that security.

Nonviolence won't solve this.

[-] unfreeradical@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I hope that the worst kinds of conflict prove avoidable, but historically, there is always someone who fires the first shots.

The Haymarket affair illustrates the matter quite well.

[-] LemmysMum@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Rights are won with blood, not money; those with money need no rights, and those who need rights have no money.

[-] abraxas@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Good news is that a UBI doesn't provide enough for most people to keep striking.

What would really kill them if if that money were focused on unemployment. Actually incentivize people to not work (permanently if they want) so they have free automatic leverage. You wouldn't mean minimum wage anymore because companies would be begging you to work.

I prefer "plans for all" in most things, but I actually think housing+food+healthcare for all but Basic Income for unemployed only would be ideal.

Imagine if one day every minimum-wage worker woke up and was told they'd make $30k/yr by putting in their resignation. Bet you workplace quality would skyrocket and companies would start offering living wages yesterday.

Course, that's why that won't happen either, I guess.

this post was submitted on 05 Nov 2023
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