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b_b  ·  4002 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Basic Income Means Basic Freedom

Huey Long was assassinated for promoting this very idea. Not sure any politician of today would fare much better (although I think it would be a character assassination instead of an actual one; much easier to do through the media in a fully legal way).





user-inactivated  ·  4002 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Haha, I'm -- still -- not saying today. Of course not today. I'm interested in the odds of this happening in the US this century.