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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Of course it's politically possible. After four years of seeing Trump and Republicans do jack sh*t for them, working-class Americans are going to be ready for something else, and if we've learned anything in this election, it's (a) that confident predictions about what's politically possible are worthless, and (b) when voters are dissatisfied with where they are, they may go for just about anything.
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Not if we become an authoritarian dictatorship in the interim, as that bit of doom porn you offered suggests we will.
In seriousness, I agree that Trump will likely be out on his ass in four years. But the guaranteed income thing will still be difficult. I think the idea has a lot of promise. But it is an admission that Capitalism is becoming obsolete. That's a tough sell.
