The $2K thing was the most childish lie and anyone could've seen it. Getting you fired for unorthodox opinions is one of their strongest tools and they weren't going to sabotage that with mincome, however temporary. (which is also why Trump COULD lol)
https://twitter.com/cenkuygur/status/1365135185927237633
This is also why Dems will never give you a real public option fir health care, by the way. The only reason that exists in Europe and Canada is because we can outright jail you for hate speech so we don't need to bother with indirect threats to your livelihood.
"What about welfare?" That's conditional on you participating in and following the incentives of the system, it isn't just the government paying you $2000 to fuck off. (which is exactly why liberals opposed it when libertarians proposed to convert the former to the latter)
Rather, the contemporary welfare system is much like the privileges of ancient Greek City states. Yes, every citizen had a right to a share of profit brought in by slaves owned directly by the polis, (e.g. Athen's silver mines) but staying a citizen had its own requirements...
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