Capitalism Cures Poverty

[Smitty-48]

It is no more virtue signalling than all this nonsense about helicopters.

Fine by me, we all display our plumage, just to different crowds I guess.

Well I don't think chucking people out of helicopters is a virtuous thing to do, I recognize that it's an evil to do, but that's war, it's not about virtue, it's a dirty job indeed, but y'know, just win baby.

If it's signalling, It's the counterpoint to virtue signalling, necessary evil signalling as it were.

Here's the signal; If you want to be free of totalitarianism, it's not going to be by marquis of queensbury rules, you're gonna have to get dirtied up, whether that means chucking it out of a helicopter, or nuking it with a hydrogen bomb.

[Hanarchy Montanarchy]

Agitating for better wages and conditions isn't a virtuous thing to do either.

Simple self-interest. Ideally, mutually beneficial self-interest... but not virtuous.

[SuburbanFarmer]

I have the best plumage. Everybody says so.

[Martin Hash]

Agitating for better wages and conditions isn't a virtuous thing to do either.

Simple self-interest. Ideally, mutually beneficial self-interest... but not virtuous.

I disagree. Higher wages based on "I have a kid" are not rational or responsible. How can a business meet its employees' needs ahead of its customers' needs?

The real question is, what is in society's best interests? Certainly people being able to raise their kids is in society's favor but how is that the responsibility of Mom & Pop Grocery Store? If society wants higher wages, society should pay for them. The Republicans just proved that deficits don't matter, so print more money and subsidize low-wage employees up to the wage society wants. All you advocates of Basic Income should be behind this idea.

[Hanarchy Montanarchy]

Agitating for better wages and conditions isn't a virtuous thing to do either.

Simple self-interest. Ideally, mutually beneficial self-interest... but not virtuous.

I disagree. Higher wages based on "I have a kid" are not rational or responsible. How can a business meet its employees' needs ahead of its customers' needs?

The real question is, what is in society's best interests? Certainly people being able to raise their kids is in society's favor but how is that the responsibility of Mom & Pop Grocery Store? If society wants higher wages, society should pay for them. The Republicans just proved that deficits don't matter, so print more money and subsidize low-wage employees up to the wage society wants. All you advocates of Basic Income should be behind this idea.

I'm nowhere near certain Basic Income is a good idea, or even a comprehensible one, but we can shift around who pays the tab on a living wage all you like.

[DBTrek]

For the record, the OP title is the video title. And basic income is a terrible idea that falsely values human life to the point of devaluing it long term.

[SuburbanFarmer]

As I understand it, UBI is impossible anyway, because it would be eaten by inflation...

[DBTrek]

There’s the small problem of population growth and unreliable national economic performance that never is addressed as well. But people selling pie in the sky don’t ever want to talk ingredients.

[StCapps]

For the record, the OP title is the video title. And basic income is a terrible idea that falsely values human life to the point of devaluing it long term.

Works better than minimum wage.
/shrugs

[DBTrek]

Works better than minimum wage.
/shrugs

Where?

Derp.