A good time to look at the big picture: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rENyyRwxpHo
On Friday, September 5, 2014, James Bowery <[email protected]> wrote: > Martin Luther King, Jr. recommended Henry George's citizen's dividend. > But that's the last thing he ever did. They killed him and I believe it > was because of that recommendation as it would have eliminated the need for > the welfare bureaucracy and would have replaced the entire civil rights > paradigm founded on "protected groups" with a completely neutral "general > welfare". > > The American Enterprise Institute scholar and prominent libertarian > theoretician Charles Murray pretty much recommended the same thing recently > in his book "In Our Hands: A Plan to Replace the Welfare State". He was > roundly ignored by MLK's supposed supporters, libertarians and > conservatives. > > The interests arrayed against this on all sides of the political divides > are enormous: Basically, anyone that uses the word "populist" with a sneer. > > > > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 2:51 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> Here is a good video about automation and employment: >> >> Humans Need Not Apply <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU> >> >> Some good quotes: after the Model T, people did not say: "There will be >> new jobs for horses we can't imagine!" There is not a rule that says, >> "better technology makes more better jobs for horses." >> >> - Jed >> >> >
