So I
found this clip about work and the merit of it in contemporary
society.
It seems to be the point of this idea to create awareness of the complication introduced into production and consumption, when we politically moralise the debate about who deserves what and when based upon individual contribution to the whole. Rather than rearranging society in accordance with current technical capability to ensure the highest possible rate of production, we would rather limit the possibilities to ensure that anyone who can, and even some who cannot, experience the feeling that they therefore should contribute in order to receive.
If you
are as regular a reader on this blog as my posting habits would allow
then you should be aware of the fact that I am a firm believe in
basic human rights including a roof along with sufficient nutrition
for every single human being on this planet. It should never ever be
considered a luxury to be able to sustain life along with mental and
physical health no matter the contribution to society.
As a
transitional tool away from monetary exchange and economic pressure
all together into a true economy with equilibrium and steady state
systemic structure as the goal, I do think this universal income idea
has some merit. A bridge obviously has to exist from our current
ecocidal and asocial ostracising patterns into a much more humane
paradigm, where human beings are recognised as such rather than the
label “consumer”.
