Denver experimented with giving people $1,000 a month. It reduced homelessness and increased full-time employment, a study found.
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UBI, or universal basic income, is a form of direct cash assistance to help the most vulnerable get back on their feet. A new study in Denver suggests it works.
  • HughJanus@lemmy.ml
    224·
    1 year ago

    Society has been hijacked to extract value

    No it was formed to exchange value.

    • Madison420@lemmy.world
      101·
      1 year ago

      That’s exactly what they said boss. “Hijacking” is simply saying it’s being intentionally diverted to being a wealth funnel.

      • HughJanus@lemmy.ml
        215·
        1 year ago

        If you can’t understand the difference between “extracting” and “exchanging”, that’s the type of thing only a dictionary can help you with, sorry.

        • Madison420@lemmy.world
          61·
          1 year ago

          Reading comprehension homie.

          We all have problems. Humanity formed society to solve problems.

          That’s your exchange.

          Society has been hijacked (for a loooong time in many different ways) to extract value from others. Some people want to combat that.

          That’s extraction.

          Read betterer bud.