How is this going to work out legally/politically? Its a good notion, and a lot of good discussion exists on HN for merits/etc..
Can you fathom any sort of political debate on moving towards such a thing in the US (being US centric here, but perhaps certain EU countries would fare better).
Notwithstanding this somewhat exists by way of "welfare" programs and their like, and yet those are continually disparaged/hot-button topics which typically move nowhere in any type of reform (expansion or contraction).
I agree it is hard to imagine in the US right now. Here in Germany, the idea of a guaranteed basic income is still kind of 'out there', but not as much as one might think, and ithas supporters across the political spectrum, so if it keeps up its momentum, it might actually happen one day.
This is of course just one side of the story. The much harder part will be changing the attitude people have towards this. How do you stop people from thinking people who do not produce anything are parasites? Thats a tough one...
Can you fathom any sort of political debate on moving towards such a thing in the US (being US centric here, but perhaps certain EU countries would fare better).
Notwithstanding this somewhat exists by way of "welfare" programs and their like, and yet those are continually disparaged/hot-button topics which typically move nowhere in any type of reform (expansion or contraction).