My suggestion of starting the Basic Income with the 18-25 year old was
hinting at a possible point of departure. Let them (our youth) do with it
the way they see fit. I'm sure it couldn't be worst. Who knows, true
"educators" might just emerge from such a crowd of liberated (financially)
youths. That reminds me of a cute tagline we used to include with our FIDO
posts :
"Hire a teenager, while he still knows everything".
At 11:39 98-02-27 -0500, Arthur Cordell wrote:
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>On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, Thomas Lunde wrote:
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>snip, snip, snip.....
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>> I do not think our solution will come from industrialists or from
>> politicians. I think our solution will come from re-educating the
public to
>> think of what they want and then to demand that in a way that those in
power
>> become powerless to refuse. That education can come from a disaster or it
>> can come from frustration with the inequalities of the present situation.
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> How does this happen? The re-educators have to have legitimacy.
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> Where do they 'teach', how are they paid, why will anyone listen
>to them.
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> The change needed is profound. So profound that I have trouble
>finding a place to start (this especially now when children are being
>taught computer skills in kindergarten so they can become part of the new
>'educated' workforce.)
>
>arthur cordell
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"The end of labor is to gain leisure." Aristotle.
-- ARG d'Ottawa ON Canada. Futuriste-au-loisir maintenant. --
