Tom Pogson
@basicbc.bsky.social
Musician, writer, and Basic Income Victoria BC Guy who knows the abundance of a better world IS possible.
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Tom Pogson
@basicbc.bsky.social
· Dec 1
Explore the usual questions at www.scottsantens.com/basic-income...
Link also in bio.
Guy Standing also goes through them with a chapter on both "how to pay for it" and "won't people quit?" In his book "Basic Income and How We Can Make it Happen" (2015 Pelican Books.)
Link also in bio.
Guy Standing also goes through them with a chapter on both "how to pay for it" and "won't people quit?" In his book "Basic Income and How We Can Make it Happen" (2015 Pelican Books.)
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"Immanuel Kant urged us to respect the value of human beings by treating them always (at the same time) as ends in themselves and never (merely) as means to ends other than themselves... A universal basic income (UBI), I contend, could be a helpful policy to this effect."
The Kantian case for UBI:
The Kantian case for UBI:
A Kantian Approach to Everything? On Life Choices and Universal Basic Income | Blog of the APA
Immanuel Kant urged us to respect the value of human beings by treating them always (at the same time) as ends in themselves and never (merely) as means to ends other than themselves. I contend it wou...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"Immanuel Kant urged us to respect the value of human beings by treating them always (at the same time) as ends in themselves and never (merely) as means to ends other than themselves... A universal basic income (UBI), I contend, could be a helpful policy to this effect."
The Kantian case for UBI:
The Kantian case for UBI:
Basic income is freedom. It's breathing space. It's the unconditional right to choice.
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Basic income is freedom. It's breathing space. It's the unconditional right to choice.
Its a moral imperative, Charlie Brown
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Its a moral imperative, Charlie Brown
Image from Lincoln Castle, Lincolnshire.
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Image from Lincoln Castle, Lincolnshire.
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If AI succeeds, we need universal basic income, and if AI fails, we need universal basic income. Also, we should have implemented UBI decades ago when working class incomes first decoupled from productivity growth.
So if AI succeeds loads of people lose their jobs as they're replaced by AI, and if AI fails, loads of people lose their jobs as the economy crashes?
It’s amazing how this story has gone from 0 to 60 in UK press. There’s been no mainstream coverage to date but this morning the story is leading BBC News site & bulletins.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
If AI succeeds, we need universal basic income, and if AI fails, we need universal basic income. Also, we should have implemented UBI decades ago when working class incomes first decoupled from productivity growth.
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S. Korea has doubled the budget for its massive universal basic income experiment, increasing the number of rural counties included in it from 7 to 12, and relieving counties of more of the cost. As a result, the number of participants in the 2-yr UBI pilot will go from ~250k to near 400,000 people.
Gov't doubles budget for rural basic income pilot program following local backlash
The budget for President Lee Jae Myung’s rural basic income initiative — a major campaign pledge — has been doubled at the pilot stage, following protests from local governments that were excluded fro...
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November 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
S. Korea has doubled the budget for its massive universal basic income experiment, increasing the number of rural counties included in it from 7 to 12, and relieving counties of more of the cost. As a result, the number of participants in the 2-yr UBI pilot will go from ~250k to near 400,000 people.
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As long as large corporations, that have warehouses all over the world, limit hours to 28 a week (cause at 30 hrs, they'd have to offer insurance), this will continue.
ICYMI: I spoke with CBS Sunday Morning about my book, There Is No Place for Us, alongside the families whose desperate efforts to secure housing the book follows—people working nonstop and still being pushed into homelessness.
When the employed are pushed into homelessness
In America we are taught hard work is the key to success. But despite having full-time jobs, many families are locked out of the rental housing market, due to low wages, soaring rents and poor credit,...
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November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
As long as large corporations, that have warehouses all over the world, limit hours to 28 a week (cause at 30 hrs, they'd have to offer insurance), this will continue.
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We all deserve the power to lock the door, to escape.
We all deserve the power to lock the door, to escape.
November 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Caution: one curse word, one weirdly pronounced.
We all deserve the power to lock the door, to escape.
We all deserve the power to lock the door, to escape.
The working world will continue to change. We need to create stability first to meet this especially when its our combined efforts for generations that got us here.
qz.com/entry-level-...
qz.com/entry-level-...
Two-thirds of companies will slow entry-level hiring due to AI
New research shows AI is already reshaping everything from hiring pipelines to leadership development — and it's going to get even more severe
qz.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:22 AM
The working world will continue to change. We need to create stability first to meet this especially when its our combined efforts for generations that got us here.
qz.com/entry-level-...
qz.com/entry-level-...
"It will only happen when we all demand it."
Guy Standing
It is funny how these accounts always have incredible audiences and levels of production. It's like conspiracy guys had one job...
One reason they dont want you to get it? Because EVERYONE does too...as in regardless of background.
Guy Standing
It is funny how these accounts always have incredible audiences and levels of production. It's like conspiracy guys had one job...
One reason they dont want you to get it? Because EVERYONE does too...as in regardless of background.
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"It will only happen when we all demand it."
Guy Standing
It is funny how these accounts always have incredible audiences and levels of production. It's like conspiracy guys had one job...
One reason they dont want you to get it? Because EVERYONE does too...as in regardless of background.
Guy Standing
It is funny how these accounts always have incredible audiences and levels of production. It's like conspiracy guys had one job...
One reason they dont want you to get it? Because EVERYONE does too...as in regardless of background.
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Time to move past the neverending trial stage. Yes, basic income reduces homelessness.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Time to move past the neverending trial stage. Yes, basic income reduces homelessness.
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We need universal basic income. It will function as a cushion for people so that losing a job or not being able to find one doesn't mean zero income, and having basic income will also better enable finding or even creating a new job.
Also, AI is trained on all our work. We should all get our share.
Also, AI is trained on all our work. We should all get our share.
Warner: "We're already at 9% recent college graduate unemployment. I think that number will go to 25% very shortly."
November 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
We need universal basic income. It will function as a cushion for people so that losing a job or not being able to find one doesn't mean zero income, and having basic income will also better enable finding or even creating a new job.
Also, AI is trained on all our work. We should all get our share.
Also, AI is trained on all our work. We should all get our share.
Can anyone confirm this? It supposedly just happened within the last 2 hours and have been searching after finding this on Instagram. Hopefully true.
November 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Can anyone confirm this? It supposedly just happened within the last 2 hours and have been searching after finding this on Instagram. Hopefully true.
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New article from me about the Marshall Islands becoming the first country with a Universal Basic Income, what the details are, how it came to be, and what may come next.
Side note: It's hard to express how big a deal this is, especially for me personally. I hope this is the first of many dominoes.
Side note: It's hard to express how big a deal this is, especially for me personally. I hope this is the first of many dominoes.
The Marshall Islands Just Quietly Implemented the First National Universal Basic Income (UBI)
How the Marshall Islands built the first nationwide universal basic income, funded by a US-capitalized Compact Trust Fund, and what it means for UBI everywhere.
scottsantens.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
New article from me about the Marshall Islands becoming the first country with a Universal Basic Income, what the details are, how it came to be, and what may come next.
Side note: It's hard to express how big a deal this is, especially for me personally. I hope this is the first of many dominoes.
Side note: It's hard to express how big a deal this is, especially for me personally. I hope this is the first of many dominoes.
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BREAKING: Marshall Islands becomes the first country to launch a Universal Basic Income program. Every resident (about 33,000 people) will receive $200 every 3 months. This works out to being about 11% of GDP per capita. If the US did that same percentage, the UBI would be about $770/mo.
Marshall Islands Launches Nationwide Universal Basic Income Program Using Digital Infrastructure
Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands — November 19, 2025. The Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) has introduced a nationwide Universal Basic Income (UBI) program, marking the...
www.koreaittimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:42 AM
BREAKING: Marshall Islands becomes the first country to launch a Universal Basic Income program. Every resident (about 33,000 people) will receive $200 every 3 months. This works out to being about 11% of GDP per capita. If the US did that same percentage, the UBI would be about $770/mo.
By creating a basic income for all through Thomas Paine's "system of pulleys", and through the common ownership and stewardship of universality... poverty, economic uncertainty, and insecurity can be left in the past.
November 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
By creating a basic income for all through Thomas Paine's "system of pulleys", and through the common ownership and stewardship of universality... poverty, economic uncertainty, and insecurity can be left in the past.
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There's a lot of talk around #AI, Automation, Job Losses and entry-level jobs losses, but what if these impacts are most noticeably felt within Gen X instead?
#BasicIncome
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#BasicIncome
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November 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
There's a lot of talk around #AI, Automation, Job Losses and entry-level jobs losses, but what if these impacts are most noticeably felt within Gen X instead?
#BasicIncome
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#BasicIncome
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For every "in" of a program is an "out"
Basic income states simply that everyone is deserving.
Full stop.
Basic income states simply that everyone is deserving.
Full stop.
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
For every "in" of a program is an "out"
Basic income states simply that everyone is deserving.
Full stop.
Basic income states simply that everyone is deserving.
Full stop.
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Do you strongly support the concept of universal basic income? Do you enjoy editing videos and especially enjoy making video essays? Would you like to have your own basic income that enables you to focus on such video work in advocacy of UBI? Please DM me and include a link to some of your work. TY!
November 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Do you strongly support the concept of universal basic income? Do you enjoy editing videos and especially enjoy making video essays? Would you like to have your own basic income that enables you to focus on such video work in advocacy of UBI? Please DM me and include a link to some of your work. TY!
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Current goal: 120/860 USD. Massive thanks to previous aiders; it really helped!
I had a terrible reaction to one of my meds requiring urgent care; Skittles has stomatitis and teeth resorption and is scheduled for surgery on Dec 4. My insurance doesn't cover this.
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I had a terrible reaction to one of my meds requiring urgent care; Skittles has stomatitis and teeth resorption and is scheduled for surgery on Dec 4. My insurance doesn't cover this.
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