LogFAQs > #902261492

SmartMuffin posted...

Well, let's say we do that.

You've lost already then. The policy is reactive to society (likely a small loud portion of it), which makes it vulnerable to the next small loud group and the next.

This is why socially reactionary "ideologies" like traditionalism and nationalism (and even examples like $15 min wage movement and gun control movement) are so weak and temporary and hijackable. They become totally unrecognizable 1, 5, 20 years later, because there is no actual ideology, just reaction. They cause a ton of damage then disappear.

That's the big difference with austrian economics. It's not about the resulting policies necessarily, but the process of reaching those policies by establishing clear axioms and scientifically building off from that. The policies can be wrong and they can change but it's not because of the latest fad, it's because of new research and data.

And UBI can totally be implemented in that way. We can recognize that poverty and taxes will always exist in a society, and implement UBI as a way to solve both those problems in a simple and transparent and market-boosting way. People can argue for it to go up or down from there for whatever reason, but that core will be there forever and doesn't need to be re-sold (only defended).

It's like a constitutional amendment (which is how a UBI would ideally be implemented). In the 1700s the 4th amendment was to stop soldiers from ransacking your house, and today it's to stop the FBI from hacking your phone camera. Ultimately the details are all dependent on society's whims, but the core of the policy can and should be a rock solid guidepost.
---

_foolmo_
2 + 2 = 4