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#USpol #PoliceReform #DefundThePolice
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...crime, less police đźš”, less power, less controls, less unnecessary searches, less costs for law enforcement and the judiciary, more money for #UBS,...a virtuous circle.
Just to be dure: tons of studies on #UBI in different countries over decades have all shown that it works. It just would need to be implemented...and refinanced (#WealthTax, #WindfallProfitsTax!)
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#USpol #PoliceReform #DefundThePolice
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...And it would generate a huge pool of disgruntled policemen, possibly a new source of societal instability.
However, crime could be greatly reduced by simply removing the need for a huge part of the population: introducing #UBI and #UBS. People who have "everything" they (basically) need are very much less prone to commit crimes, as losing their freedom becomes a much greater fall in personal quality of life. Less...
Seattle gave low-income residents $500 monthly, employment soared
A guaranteed basic income program pilot in Seattle gave 102 low-income residents $500 monthly. Employment among the participants nearly doubled.Noah Sheidlower (Insider)
Rescued a meme without alt-text.
Beyond including #UBI, the original version of what is now called monopoly had a cooperative or "Prosperity" mode.
The whole point of the game was to show how competing for profit destroys society!
The game was created to be a "practical demonstration of the present system of land grabbing with all its usual outcomes and consequences".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Landlord%27s_Game