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Powers Hapgood

(57 posts)
Wed Apr 6, 2016, 08:43 AM Apr 2016

Shorter Work Time and Guaranteed Income

An essential component of socialism is the emancipation of the human being from "necessary labor" ... into what Marx described as "the realm of true freedom." In order to accomplish this emancipation the means of subsistence must be decoupled from wage labor. This article has some compelling ideas: "Humanity Needs Universal Basic Income in Order to Stop Impeding Progress" - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-santens/humanity-needs-universal-_b_9599198.html

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