Uni Brainwasher

You. Are. Being. Brainwashed.

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Masao Saito (1984)  

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Mood

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The thing that I hate about atheism as a movement is that it doesn’t just want to critique the hegemony of Western Christianity, it wants to kill spirituality. There is no joy, there is nothing about it that isn’t founded in a pessimism that sees itself as so self-important that it cannot exist outside of destruction. The face of atheism is a white male disgruntled ex-Christian who decided that if he can’t find joy in religion, then nobody else can. There’s a leftover missionary sensibility to “enlighten” people to atheism that exposes itself as racist, antisemitic, and islamophobic, that’s ultimately not unlike the dominance exerted through colonial Christianity

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If you have valid questions, as many do, regarding alternatives to our current policing and carceral state, check out this NYU Law School video series covering race, gender, sexuality, and disability rights within criminal justice: 

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the math checks out

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controversìal oniòn

UBI is not socialist and it’s repackaged corporate welfare.

[oncelerfucker69-deactivated2019]

ok I’ve posted this before but…

UBI is supported by ultra-wealthy capitalists for the following reasons:

First, UBI subsidizes disruptive technologies. “The motivation behind the project is to begin exploring alternatives to the existing social safety net,” Elizabeth Rhodes, the research director for Y Combinator’s UBI project, told Quartz. “If technology eliminates jobs or jobs continue to become less secure, an increasing number of people will be unable to make ends meet with earnings from employment.”

UBI becomes a consolation prize for those whose lives are disrupted. Benefits still accrue to the designers and owners of the technologies, but now with less guilt and pushback about the collateral damage.

Rather than steer technology towards social progress by promoting projects that contribute to public benefit and human flourishing – not just reflect the desires of privileged groups – Silicon Valley elites can shake off critics by pointing to UBI as the solution, and one that does not restrict their profit motive.

UBI can, in some ways, be seen as welfare for capitalists. Now, more people can drive for Uber and work for TaskRabbit – at even lower wages! – because UBI subsidizes the meager paychecks earned by hustling for the sharing economy. The tech companies take home the profit and face even less pressure to pay a living wage to their non-employee employees.

The capitalist ideal of a “sharing economy” is simply an excuse to brush aside criticism while still disenfranchising workers and maximizing profits. The long term solution is socialism. Capitalism still allows for worldwide exploitation and suppression of the working class (see: globalization). Mixed economies certainly provide more than laissez-faire, but they’re putting a band-aid on the problem, which is capitalism.

Also check out Basic Income As A Neoliberal Weapon.

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It’s also worth noting that it’s preposterous to assume that the bourgeois state would implement ubi in a way that would actually help people. It’d be an excuse to slash or privatize other welfare functions.

[oncelerfucker69-deactivated2019]

Exactly. Like you really think they’re gonna be generous with this? No lmfao they’ll try to cut costs like they already do with welfare.

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This is why I supported a UBI when I was as a libertarian. It’s about keeping the capitalist ownership structure in place (the rich get to hang on to the wealth-producing means of production and machines), slashing other social programs, and outsourcing the “living wage” to the government (so that the capitalists can pay their employees even less and pull in more profits).

[lexaproletariat-deactivated2018]

Libertarians have been pushing this for a long time (i.e., Friedman’s “negative income tax”). UBI is just the latest iteration.

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My libertarian brother mentioned this the other day out of no where, and then he explained it as a way to prevent revolutionary action from the poor and working classes which would lead to the likely destruction of capital so like there’s a fucking motive I can believe coming from capitalists.

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Government wouldn’t have to redistribute wealth if capitalism redistributed it correctly on the first place. UBI wouldn’t be necessary if the people (as in actual living people, not the state or a legal entity) owned the means of production.

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UBI is the inevitable future, we just need to figure out how to implement it in a healthy way where all of these concerns are met. I think it would be best paired with a redistribution of all wealth.

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I say this every time I argue for raising the minimum wage. I never hear anyone else say it and I’m glad I found this.

If you build your business and your bonus on the backs of others who you don’t pay a living wage you don’t deserve to be in business.

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this is making capitalists bleed from the ears keep reblogging it

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Since I tend to get into this with people who argue that robots will replace minimum wage workers if they get too expensive, I like to lean into the robot metaphor.

If you have a machine performing a valuable talk for your company, the upkeep of that machine is part of your operating cost. You have to pay to power it, to upgrade it, to fix it when it breaks. And if you can’t afford the machine, the manufacturer doesn’t have to do business with you. They’re free to take their service somewhere else where they think the price is fair.

For humans, a living wage is the operating cost. If you can’t afford to pay your worker enough to live nearby, feed themselves, and get basic health care - all of which are things they need in order to be able to work for you - you’re failing to pay for the cost of their service. 

The difference is that humans have to eat, like, all the time, so they often don’t have the option of taking their business somewhere else if the price isn’t fair - even insufficient food and shelter is better then starving on the street. But that means those people are not really able to act as agents in a free market, and it’s easy to exploit them under the guise of “the market setting the price.” People can’t act like reasonable economic agents when they’re desperate. As for as I can tell, that’s the whole point of having a minimum wage. 

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Keep reblogging this, it’s making capitalists mad and reaching out to the working class

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Someone did the calculation and if this is using minimum wage ($7.25/hr), it’s 38 hours for the first job, 33 for the second and predicated on your boss not shafting your schedule

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let’s put everything else on hold for a second. let’s say you genuinely have these living expenses. fine.

the most interesting/disturbing part is that your employer is expecting you to work a second job. mcdonalds vehemently opposes minimum wage raises with the argument being that it increases unemployment, right? assuming a situation where you have one vacancy per potential job-seeker, which is a perfect market, every single job-seeker filling several vacancies at once will increase unemployment on their own.

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Poor people just aren’t budgeting right! They’re just inherently bad with money! Here, poor people, we have done this for you. You’re welcome.