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Very glad to see this Class Action approved and moving ahead. Not only is it right and fair for the people who got the financial rug pulled out from under them (causing some to die by suicide) but it makes it clear just how many people were helped by UBI! It was working!!! People were getting out of the hole our current systems create!
#UBI #CanPoli #GLBI #CdnPoli #ONPoli #Ford #Poverty #DrugCrisis #HousingCrisiscc: @scottsantens
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Bit of UBI goodness. The only reason it's not implemented is because if people weren't stuck in underpaid jobs where corporations don't pay a living wage and welfare is used then they might ask questions.
And last time _that_ happened was the summer of 2020 which is why they've been desperate to "return to normal".
#UBI #CorporateGreed #CorporateWelfare #TaxReform #Welfare #ProgressiveTax #BLM
Thanks to @scottsantens for the meme and @KimSJ for the alt text. Boost away!
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Is Unconditional Basic Income a Trap Being Laid by Global Elites to Control and Enslave Us All?
one of the things that annoys me most is the new claim from conspiracy-fueled people that the rich and powerful fully support UBI and want to use it to make a subservient population.
#basicincome #basisinkomen #grundeinkommen #revenudebase #redditodibase
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CW: Would an universal basic income not increase inflation and require to increase taxes?
"When it comes to UBI, and you don’t want those over $100k getting it, then just make sure those earning $100k pay more in new taxes than the amount of UBI."
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"I also think people would be less worried about UBI and inflation if they realized that a $1300/mo UBI doesn’t mean everyone’s after-tax income goes up by that much. Everyone gets the same UBI but everyone does not pay the same amount of taxes for it. If you get $15k a year in UBI and your taxes go up $15k too, your disposable income goes up $0 which also means it cost the government $0."Plus:
"As for drawbacks [...] For example, domestic abuse often drops significantly, both partner abuse and child abuse. An abuser may see that as a drawback, but I don’t. Another example is high interest lending. In some experiments, the loudest complainers are moneylenders who can no longer find people willing to take out loans with 500% interest rates. Oh no, I’m so sad for them."
-> Thank you very much for these very good answers!
#UBI #UniversalBasicIncome #BedingungslosesGrundeinkommen #IngresoMinimoVital
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The wrong way to think about universal basic income is that it is a free handout given to the government to people who don't deserve it, paid for by illegitimate taxation of the earnings of others.
The true basis for universal basic income is the moral fact that Nature belongs by right and in common to all the living, and that reclaiming the value of land for the common wealth is not taxation, because it is not assessed against anything which can be called private property in any legitimate sense.
There is no and there cannot possibly be any moral claim to private ownership of any part of Nature. It is not logically possible to "tax" something which is inherently not owned because it is unownable.
Land values are created solely through the aggregaate competitive demand for advantageous locations. They are not and cannot be created by any individual's actions, only via communal or community action, and therefore land values cannot possibly belong to any individual, but only to the community which creates them.
No moral stigma should attach to anyone who chooses to live solely off of their rightful share of the common wealth, without contributing in any way to any productive effort, since that share represents the portion of Nature which they have been denied by the artificial, but necessary, grant of exclusivity of occupancy by society.
In any advanced society, our labor saving inventions necessarily produce more than the input of human hands, or they would not be "labor saving devices", in the first place. The advanced of technology makes location more valuable and labor less valuable. It is neither possible nor desirable to have "full employment" in a technological society, but technology does not and cannot rescind the pre-existing common and equal right to the gifts and produce of Nature.
#Georgism #UBI #LVT #JustRent #economics #taxation #HenryGeorge
RE: https://hachyderm.io/users/scottsantens/statuses/112445770449726691 -
"Every human deserves the basic security to live a good life, and to have a safe floor from which to launch themselves as high as they wish to go, free from drudgery and lack."
Quote by a signer of the AI Pledge for Humanity in support of universal basic income
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/the-ai-pledge-for-humanity #UBI
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"Every human deserves the basic security to live a good life, and to have a safe floor from which to launch themselves as high as they wish to go, free from drudgery and lack."
Quote by a signer of the AI Pledge for Humanity in support of universal basic income
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/the-ai-pledge-for-humanity #UBI
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"Every human deserves the basic security to live a good life, and to have a safe floor from which to launch themselves as high as they wish to go, free from drudgery and lack."
Quote by a signer of the AI Pledge for Humanity in support of universal basic income
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/the-ai-pledge-for-humanity #UBI
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"Every human deserves the basic security to live a good life, and to have a safe floor from which to launch themselves as high as they wish to go, free from drudgery and lack."
Quote by a signer of the AI Pledge for Humanity in support of universal basic income
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/the-ai-pledge-for-humanity #UBI
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"Every human deserves the basic security to live a good life, and to have a safe floor from which to launch themselves as high as they wish to go, free from drudgery and lack."
Quote by a signer of the AI Pledge for Humanity in support of universal basic income
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/the-ai-pledge-for-humanity #UBI
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In this clip I talk about a recent first-of-its-kind study showing that high inequality can negatively impact kids' brain development, such that a kid in a high income family can be impacted as if they were in poverty, if in a high inequality environment.
Reducing inequality is a health imperative. #UBI #taxwealth
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New ITSA Foundation newsletter out today. Please be sure to subscribe to it so you don't have to rely on posts like this and instead just see it in your inbox each month they go out. Thanks, subscribers! And please consider donating too.
https://itsanewsletter.beehiiv.com/p/itsa-newsletter-september-2024
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"These findings confirm that, at least in the Dutch case, presenting UBI as ‘beyond left and right’ divides the political left without generating support from liberal-conservatives."
Interesting, albeit also frustrating finding.
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RT @JSP_Journal
New on #FirstView by Erwin Gielens, Femke Roosma and Peter Achterberg:Between left and right: A discourse network analysis of Universal Basic Income on Dutch Twitter
https://www.cambridg…
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Here's another. I kind of love this one:
"I bet the same people who hate Unconditional Basic Income are also against free pizza on Fridays. Who hurt you? 🍕😢 #UBI #PizzaIsLife"
Seemed fitting to have Midjourney have some fun with this one. Here's people protesting free pizza:
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Canada needs to implement basic income immediately, before the stories start rolling in of people in poverty opting for death over more life in poverty.
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RT @CerebroJD
In Canada, the "cost of dying" is now publicly funded, but the "cost of living" is not.Think about that. Think about the outcomes of this societal choice.
Horrific.
#MAiD #UBInow @ubi_works
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Canada needs to implement basic income immediately, before the stories start rolling in of people in poverty opting for death over more life in poverty.
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RT @CerebroJD
In Canada, the "cost of dying" is now publicly funded, but the "cost of living" is not.Think about that. Think about the outcomes of this societal choice.
Horrific.
#MAiD #UBInow @ubi_works
https://twitter.com/CerebroJD/status/1597314335227121665 -
Canada needs to implement basic income immediately, before the stories start rolling in of people in poverty opting for death over more life in poverty.
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RT @CerebroJD
In Canada, the "cost of dying" is now publicly funded, but the "cost of living" is not.Think about that. Think about the outcomes of this societal choice.
Horrific.
#MAiD #UBInow @ubi_works
https://twitter.com/CerebroJD/status/1597314335227121665 -
Canada needs to implement basic income immediately, before the stories start rolling in of people in poverty opting for death over more life in poverty.
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RT @CerebroJD
In Canada, the "cost of dying" is now publicly funded, but the "cost of living" is not.Think about that. Think about the outcomes of this societal choice.
Horrific.
#MAiD #UBInow @ubi_works
https://twitter.com/CerebroJD/status/1597314335227121665 -
Canada needs to implement basic income immediately, before the stories start rolling in of people in poverty opting for death over more life in poverty.
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RT @CerebroJD
In Canada, the "cost of dying" is now publicly funded, but the "cost of living" is not.Think about that. Think about the outcomes of this societal choice.
Horrific.
#MAiD #UBInow @ubi_works
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Automatisering en een dringend pleidooi voor basisinkomen
Scott Santens werd geïnterviewd over zijn kijk op automatisering en de versnelling daarvan door AI. We moeten oppassen dat de ongelijkheid niet nog verder toeneemt dan de afgelopen decennia is gebeurd.
Onvoorwaardelijk universeel basisinkomen is nood
https://basisinkomen.nl/automatisering-en-een-dringend-pleidooi-voor-basisinkomen/
#ArbeidsmarktBi #Armoede #AutomatiseringEnBlockchain #BuitenlandsNieuws #onvoorwaardelijk #Opinie -
Automatisering en een dringend pleidooi voor basisinkomen
Scott Santens werd geïnterviewd over zijn kijk op automatisering en de versnelling daarvan door AI. We moeten oppassen dat de ongelijkheid niet nog verder toeneemt dan de afgelopen decennia is gebeurd.
Onvoorwaardelijk universeel basisinkomen is nood
https://basisinkomen.nl/automatisering-en-een-dringend-pleidooi-voor-basisinkomen/
#ArbeidsmarktBi #Armoede #AutomatiseringEnBlockchain #BuitenlandsNieuws #onvoorwaardelijk #Opinie -
Want to know what to do about #captialism ? Read Scott Santens _Let There Be Money: Understanding Modern Monetary Theory and Basic Income _
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Bijna 200 Engelstalige basisinkomen boeken, waarvan 20 in de vorige eeuw
Scott Santens maakt een lijst met bijna 200 Engelstalige boeken over basisinkomen die gedurende een eeuw zijn verschenen.
Alexander de Roo bladerde er door en schreef dit over de boeken in de 20e eeuw.
https://basisinkomen.nl/bijna-200-engelstalige-basisinkomen-boeken-waarvan-20-in-de-vorige-eeuw/
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De nieuwe studie van Sam Altman laat eigenlijk weinig nieuws zien
Er is wat ophef over de uitkomsten van een onderzoek naar basisinkomen dat Sam Altman heeft laten uitvoeren. Scott Santens laat zien dat de uitkomsten vrijwel geheel in lijn liggen met uitkomsten van eerdere experimenten.
https://basisinkomen.nl/de-nieuwe-studie-van-sam-altman-laat-eigenlijk-weinig-nieuws-zien/
#ArbeidsmarktBi #AutomatiseringEnBlockchain #BuitenlandsNieuws #Commentaar #experimenten #Onderzoek #Opinie -
Bijna 200 Engelstalige basisinkomen boeken in 100 jaar, waarvan ruim 30 aan het begin van deze eeuw.
Scott Santens maakt een lijst met bijna 200 Engelstalige boeken over basisinkomen die gedurende een eeuw zijn verschenen.
Alexander de Roo bladerde er door en schreef d
https://basisinkomen.nl/bijna-200-engelstalige-basisinkomen-boeken-in-100-jaar-waarvan-ruim-30-aan-het-begin-van-deze-eeuw/
#AutomatiseringEnBlockchain #Bibliotheek #Geschiedenis #Informatie #Opinie #Publicaties #tijdreis -
Angine de Poitrine Play “Fabienk”
Listen to this track by mysterious papier-mâché donning math rock geniuses Angine de Poitrine. It’s “Fabienk”, a cut from their second record straightforwardly titled Vol. II. That record and the band have been boosted into the stratosphere at the time of this writing, in large part thanks to a video feature courtesy of Seattle’s KEXP which captured the imaginations of music fans and musicians alike. The video of the two musicians with self-applied monikers of Khn (guitars, loops) and Klek (drums) Poitrine playing their music live in the studio is notable if only because it shows it’s possible to play music this complex between just two musicians. And what a joy it is to watch them do it as we try to figure out what the hell we’re hearing—and seeing!
Seeming to share a single musical brain between them by now, the duo have been playing music together since the dawn of their teenage years, and for two decades since. The Angine de Poitrine concept came out of a joke during their days playing live shows on the local scene in their native Quebec. With back to back sets booked at one point, they needed to break things up and add a bit of variety. Instead, they added A LOT of variety by becoming a whole new band with a very high concept approach to showmanship to match their idiosyncratic music.
The elaborate costumes and polka dot motifs arranged in equidistant and, on close examination, triangular arrangements, was only the start. There’s also the invented language of mewls, squeals, clicks, and drones, plus the sounds that seem to parody the wordless cadence of smalltown Québécois voices that are as much of a musical influence as anything else. This is not to forget the triangular hand gestures they make on stage, which they encourage—successfully!—the audience to emulate.
Then, there’s Khn’s double-necked guitar and bass hybrid constructed by local Quebec luthier Raphaël Le Breton. Based on Khn’s design, the instrument’s guitar and bass components are fretted to allow notes between the notes as they are usually measured in the Western chromatic scale. Angine de Poitrine have made the term microtonal into a household word by now by reminding music fans that there are more than just 12 notes to write songs around.
The style of the music can be comfortably defined as progressive rock, with King Crimson and Primus certainly being key influences one can hear right away. But James Brown is in there, too. So are any number of musical traditions of the Far East and Middle-East that draw upon a different set of notes and scales beyond traditional Western notation. The band blur the lines between melody, texture, and rhythm on this track particularly. There’s a definite emphasis on pure groove in places here to hook the ear and excite the feet, even if a lot of the tune is punctuated by odd and irregular phrasing and complex polyrhythms.
Angine de Poitrine playing at La Cartonnerie, Reims, France, 2026. image: ReimsCroixRougeThe microtonal set up and compositional mindset allows the band to pull from a broader spectrum of possibilities as applied to melody and riffs. This is not to mention the complex and irregular rhythms the two musicians work within, somehow turning complexity into accessibility even over the course of a single song. They do all this while being as weird as hell in the best possible sense.
Rock musicians being weird is nothing new. Since Screamin’ Jay Hawkins emerged from his coffin, Ziggy Stardust appeared on Top of the Pops to freak out/enthrall a nation, Parliament Funkadelic first landed the Mothership, and Peter Gabriel donned his Slipperman costume with Genesis, there have been plenty of rock acts who were willfully, wonderfully, and grandly weird. Angine de Poitrine come out of a proud tradition in that way. But this being the 2020s, there are a few important factors to consider that make the interest in this band so notable.
One of them is the time it took for the duo to become what they are. It seems like a simple thing. But when you jam with someone for two decades starting from your formative years as teenagers even before you make a record, the results speak for themselves. They can’t be exactly replicated, mass produced, or generated by AI. This is true even if no one ends up experiencing them beyond a local scene or even outside of a rehearsal space. Those results only come about based on the personalities, rapport, influences, developed skills, and ambitions of the people involved. These factors are entirely unpredictable. The trouble is, allowing for artist-driven processes and the time it takes to nurture them is the exact opposite of how the music industry operates today.
Music industry decision-makers in our era want an instant payoff controlled by them, not by the artists. They want something that provides the hallmarks of what they know will sell as a certainty. They don’t want to invest in anything mired in idiosyncrasies and unpredictable factors. They want faces they can sell, too, complete with racial and gender biases built right in. Papier-mâché masks and weird non-vocal squeals against microtonal music that doesn’t follow the standard four-to-the-floor beat and 4th-5th-minor fall-major lift chord structure isn’t what makes the cash register jingle—or so follows the received wisdom.
That essential factor of time over decades the two musicians took to create a whole universe of sound between them before they shared it with the world has very little to do with anyone’s standards or expectations outside of their own. And being from a place as far outside of any music industry bastion as it’s possible to be is another factor that undercuts expectations, and makes the success and attention Angine de Poitrine have achieved to be unlikely as measured by any conventional standard. This suggests that their talent, as extensive as it is, is not the deciding factor to the attention and interest that’s focused on them right now.
This suggests other interesting and significant factors besides. One is that the viral nature out of which their success germinated was largely reliant upon timing—a factor that no one can control. It makes you wonder how much talent we’ve missed over the years with so few channels to success, too many biased gatekeepers, and too many checkboxes to determine which musicians and writers should become visible enough to affect where music itself can go, and how music can evolve as a result. It turns out that music is a bigger beast than many pop and rock fans were led to believe, and its limitations have always been illusory.
Perhaps most significantly, the music of Angine de Poitrine suggests a simple but very powerful nugget of truth: weird is good. Weirdness challenges our expectations and conventions. It can alienate people. But it can also open up vistas of possibilities as to what we’re looking for in art of all kinds. Weirdess can be liberating in that way for musicians and listeners alike.
Angine de Poitrine are an active band today. You can learn as much about them as they’ll let you know at anginedepoitrine.com.
Watch the band play on KEXP, a performance that brought them all the attention.
To get deeper into why such weird music is not alienating, but extremely compelling instead, check out how the band’s use of loops and microtones plays a trick on our brains to get that effect, with this video from Oliver Gearing.
For more on the social implications the band have suggested, read this article by Scott Santens that posits, among other very good points, that Angine de Poitrine provide a template to an argument in favour of Universal Basic Income.
Enjoy!
#2020sMusic #AngineDePoitrine #ExperimentalMusic #experimentalRock #InstrumentalRock #progRock #progressiveRock -
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‘Becoming Houdini’: Disney, Scott Sanders & Danny Strong Team Up For Big Screen Spy Thriller Based On Master Illusionist’s Exploits
#News #CAA #DannyStrong #Disney #Dopesick #JohnWickChapter4 #ScottSanders #Thecolorpurple #TheThreeMusketeers #UTA #WaltDisneyStudioshttps://deadline.com/2024/12/becoming-houdini-movie-disney-1236200961/