Brad McCormick wrote:
where as Marx wrote -- albeit about
the
future instead of the past -- there is no longer the
government of men but only the administration of things...),
whereas we have devolved into aspiring
to freedom *of* enterprise, i.e., to make more money as
the summum bonum.
future instead of the past -- there is no longer the
government of men but only the administration of things...),
whereas we have devolved into aspiring
to freedom *of* enterprise, i.e., to make more money as
the summum bonum.
Thomas
What a lovely quote - thanks. One of the
arguments to favour a Basic Income would be that it would not be
political. It would be an administrative thing in which every citizen
received a payment. You would not have to be poor to qualify. You
would not have to be disabled. You would not have to be old. You
would not have to have only one parent. It would just be a transfer of
wealth - in some way - and it would be done without any criteria except
citizenship and as everyone is a citizen of someplace, everyone would be
guaranteed the funds for living their life.
Marx is also prescient in noting that we have
"devolved" into aspiring to a "freedom of enterprise" as the
major rationale for living. I am searching for another rationale as
compelling for providing a Basic Income for everyone while still allowing those
of enterprise to achieve more. Can you tell me what that rationale
is?
