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Did you know that #basicincome experiments have shown time and time again that given the choice, people don't choose idleness? They choose education. They choose entrepreneurship. They pursue culture and care. By guaranteeing survival, universal basic income enables truly living.

@scottsantens

The idea that so many people would choose to be lazy is, in and of itself, lazy. People have aspirations and goals that are untenable in their financial situation. Remove the barrier, and suddenly, you have millions of people enriching their lives.

We seem lazy because we're fucking depressed and tired from working all the time.

@scottsantens

Lemme get this straight: the descendents of slaveholders are calling us lazy?

Air Adam

@Jorsh @scottsantens Black people have been called lazy since the second they couldn't force us to work for free.

@airadam @Jorsh @scottsantens Very good point, but I very much expect ir pre-dates even that, and the accusation of "lazy" was still applied to enslaved people... it became part of the self-justification (of owning slaves) as well as othering as well as [....]