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the cruelty is the point (slrpnk.net)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 9 months ago (2 children)

There is, no joke, a surprising amount of libertarian support.

The two most prominent libertarian supporters of a UBI are Matt Zwolinski, a libertarian philosophy professor at the University of San Diego, and the economist Michael Munger.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago (1 children)

(I think it's important to clarify that I'm left-libertarian, not an 'edgy fascist' an-cap like those who've co-opted the label in the US.)

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Just to let you know a left-libertarian is called an Anarchist.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

There are a whole bunch of different ideologies in that quadrant of the political compass (for lack of a better visual aid), and anarchism is only one of them.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, it does make me nervous because it feels like a lot of libertarian ideology around UBI involves getting rid of social security, food stamps, etc. etc. without guaranteeing UBI will cover basic survival.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

without guaranteeing UBI will cover basic survival.

If it fails at that, it's just "UI" and thus doesn't count, by definition.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah, big true.