[Pierre]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

How about looking at Finland, which closer to what Wales are doing

https://www.newscientist.com/article...#ixzz757FZE5EI

Universal basic income will become a tool to control the populations of a dystopian pseudo- communist West.

It is no longer a fringe idea of the neo-marxist Left and of the libertarian Right. It is included in the vision post the ‘Great Reset’1 as envisaged and applied by the World Economic Forum (WEF), bearing the name “Stakeholder Capitalism”2, which becomes the gateway to a fairer, more environmentally responsible society. Many labour unions in the UK have now passed resolutions at recent conferences lobbying for “UBI” that would liberate workers from the “bondage of work” and allow them to spend their time doing something else. Of course, the income will be basic, meaning you will need to accept a certain level of subsistence and no more to prevent inappropriate inequality. That would be decided by the “decision makers” in the stakeholder process which Schwab asserts would not necessarily include you, especially in the transition period. You will own nothing and “be happy about it”. No more debt. Energy will be green, rationed, and expensive, and travel will be restricted to protect the environment. Your diet will be controlled to ensure distributive justice3 in medical matters, and currency will be digital. There may be those with great wealth but that is because they will be the ones designing our better world and they need it to facilitate and support their visionary work; these are the Elon Musks and the Jeff Bezos of our world.