Thread by @scottsantens

I'd support Patricia's patreon, but what's the point really when her anti-UBI logic is that people don't need income in advance of the work they do, to enable that work, and that being able to refuse other work in order to pursue stuff like podcasting is not really contributing?

https://twitter.com/PatriciaNPino/status/1421045752063827971

Having a patreon has actually deepened my understanding of UBI. The security provided by having a dependable monthly income is huge, and until I felt it, I didn't realize how little security I ever felt before that. UBI opponents tend to be people who take security for granted.

I also absolutely recognize to my bones now, that access to resources comes before work. Lacking money prevents work. Lacking economic security hinders focus by creating survival-centric tunnel vision that functions like a tax on higher order long-term thinking and planning.

When someone is anti-UBI to the point they are creating content to actively oppose it, they are anti-people. They are anti-trust. They are anti-choice. They are anti-dignity. They are anti-human-rights. They are anti-freedom.

And yes, they are also anti-work in the widest sense.

It's also endlessly frustrating to me how infected the MMT community is with anti-UBI beliefs. As my next big article focuses on, MMT needs UBI far more than it needs FJG. In fact without UBI, FJG prevents the maximization of resources that MMT aims for.

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