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slimscsi 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The Road Not Taken Is Guaranteed Minimum Income

"If it isn’t funding subsistence it isn’t basic income" is just rhetorical dressing of the term "basic income".

JumpCrisscross 3 months ago [–]

No, it’s a definition. The reason it’s basic. “Bootstraps” is a metaphor.

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