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		noenzyme on March 22, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It Is Time For Basic Income There is an underlying premise that only the US will have a basic income. If robots/AI do most of the labor there is no (long term) reason why all countries can't offer basic income to their citizens.

Florin_Andrei on March 22, 2014 [–]

> If robots/AI do most of the labor

Exactly. But we're not there yet, and possibly not very close.

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