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Yup but that would require the true ruling class to see their blood spilled to get it. Progressive people have tried and continue to try to push UBI throughout the world. In Canada alone we have had recent experiences both on the Federal and Provincial level. They intentionally get hamstrung or directly shut down to poison any potential results.
The longer we go without UBI the worse it's going to get. Christ look at youth unemployment globally let alone the general struggles youth are dealing with that didn't exist even 20 years ago. We need UBI yesterday but we are still struggling to get people to even entertain the concept of it.
We've got a new UBI pilot program starting this year! I have no doubt it'll get set up for failure just like last time, but it's fun to think about a world that's not run by sociopaths. Of course, even if it does go well it'll be useless without crippling Capitalism first to prevent companies from just raising prices and funneling the individual UBI money into shareholder pockets.
Hopefully we can keep Doug Ford away from it this time.