UBI will go a long way towards ending inequality. However, ultimately, the economic system (the system of production and distribution) has to change. Profit has to be made illegal and there should be a maximum limit on what people can earn.

There are other things that need to be done. Imports and exports need to be stopped as much as possible. Only things that are essential and can’t be made in one country can be transported. Our seas are dying as a result of ocean-going cargo ships polluting the seas. When the seas go, we go.

I’m afraid, you misunderstand something. If I don’t wish to talk to you, I just block you or mute you. Defensive? Meh. Just don’t like the kind of things you say. And, no, I will never be receptive to people with your outlook.

Have no idea what the Alaska Permanent Fund has to do with anything. The reason UBI hasn’t been tried is that the rich have a lot of power, and they don’t want it implemented. Just as a lot of people don’t wish to return to work now, when people have UBI, they won’t want to work for the arseholes who run businesses either.

You’re talking about American conditions. America is 5% of the world’s population. I’m talking about haves and have-not globally, not with particular reference to America. Even my mention of the Precariat is written by Guy Standing – a Brit.

The real reason for poverty is the upward surge of money towards the millionaire and billionaire classes. That is well-documented.