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"The concept of universal basic income (or UBI) - a regularly provided cash
payment distributed without conditions to all individuals within a defined
community - has a long history and an as yet unwritten future. As someone
considered to be one of the world’s experts on the topic with over ten years of
educating people about it under my belt, one question I’m frequently asked is
where I think it will happen first. Despite hundreds of years of discussion,
and the state of Alaska being one of the only places to implement a UBI at
scale so far, which country will be the one to stop talking about it, and just
do it? Well, some countries are certainly closer than others, and the idea
certainly is more popular in some countries than others, but one entirely
possible answer to this question tends to not even be considered in the running
- China.
First, although I’m a huge believer in liberal democracy, and am actively
worried about the rise of authoritarianism around the world, the fact remains
that democracy tends to require the support of the people to be behind the
policies enacted. For a country like the United States to enact UBI, there
would need to be a sufficient percentage of voters demanding it, combined with
a sufficient amount of support within Congress, and a president willing to sign
it into law. For a country like China to enact UBI, the decision need only be
made at the top of one party, and where once that decision only needed the
agreement of a few men, it now only really needs to be made by one man - Xi
Jinping."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
