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nxylas

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6. Sadly, that describes too many of the 1%

Reply to Kip Humphrey (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 03:10 PM

Mar 2016

They don't just want to have nice things, they want to have nicer things than everyone else. And even lower down the ladder, the puritan inheritance means that there are plenty of people who believe that life should be a constant struggle, and that financial security erodes character (in other people, of course, not in themselves).

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Welcome to the post-work economy [View all] nxylas Mar 2016 OP

I like these articles! wobble Mar 2016 #1

Do you have a link to the VOX YouTube Video? angstlessk Mar 2016 #3

Here wobble Mar 2016 #4

Much too short...this is an egnormous idea angstlessk Mar 2016 #5

I will keep my eyes open wobble Mar 2016 #7

UBI simplifies almost everything while ensuring everyone can live in dignity. Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #2

Sadly, that describes too many of the 1% nxylas Mar 2016 #6

Definitely a "good read". inanna Mar 2016 #8

Very good. I don't see it happening here, though Pakhet Mar 2016 #9