Rutger Bregman . Utopia for Realists- The Case for a Universal Basic Income

[nobodythatyouknow]

The world needs more people like Rutger Bregman!

[hassanseun]

Absolutely achievable for serious and sincere nations. Thank you for out-of-the-box thinking Rutger Bregman

[marc]

Rutger Bregman is always coming hard with his presentations! I’m from Holland as well and I love his podcasts, books and talks.

[wesjuh]

I came here after he burned the fox newsman. Only thing i can say is that this man is a legand.

[ArtemKonstantinovich]

I love this man. "Humankind" is in my top 5 of favorite books.

[leealexander]

You could get rid of a lot of programs that simply don't work well in exchange for this one thing that would almost certainly be an improvement.

[pratyaysarker]

I am from India and I am in 100% agreement with Rutger...His way of presenting the idea is very impressive

[brendavigeant]

There was a study done in Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada during the mid 1970's called "Mincome." Every resident was guaranteed an income above poverty level, all they had to do was register at the town office. They were hoping for positive results, what they got blew their minds. High school dropouts stopped. No teen pregnancies. Crime was virtually non existent. Calls to emergency services, doctors, etc. dropped significantly. The residents actually had the disposable income to enjoy life. The fisherman bought a boat, almost every young girl had a pony, the mood of the community was astounding. Everyone was happy.

Sadly, the experiment closed, the results were filed away, and that was pretty much the last we heard of it.

[rockyroc]

Its venture capital. People can afford to take risk. I like this idea. Even I could take risk and do what I wanted if there was system of basic income.

[rangerjenny]

If UBI meant people wouldn't work or do anything, then why are all these trust fund babies on TV and running businesses? why aren't they just not doing anything?

[AlexanderStone]

Oh heck yeah! This is great! I first saw your battle with Tucker Carlson bahaha! So great! We are sympatico, Compadré! Bregman, good sir, I look forward to the book!

[vegab]

I came here to find a great case to support Andrew Yang for president.. Bregman is an international treasure.

[StevenKHarrison]

Universal income, universal health care FREE THE PEOPLE!

[jlcapaz]

I love what I hear in these presentations and in these comments! Hello people of the world! We must make this happen.

[pippoespera]

It's our duty to push this. UBI, a good progressive tax system, and also, the AOC proposal of taxing every dollar above 10 million earnings per year with 70%. And being harder on tax evasion. We know almost every rich people evade taxes big time.

[ralpholynyk]

i experienced the reality of poverty, and with our social security net, experienced the need to de-program myself from the illusion of worth only being related to what one does for a job (took a few years!) i was challenged to find my worth as a human, and discovered i had lots ambition and desire to explore talents, interests and my curiosities, thru the limited income from the state, i discovered that poverty eventually creates a block in ones abilities to pursue those human desires, 'i cant afford that'....weather its going to school, getting materials for an invention, or artistic creations, then i discovered that that little extra money beyond ones basic needs (food-shelter-utilities) gives a human OPTIONS.... having options in life is what helps one explore and advance their own personal meaning and fulfillment... thus a 'real' stable livable income liberates an individual towards personal happiness... imho.... in this virus crisis time, people have not had enough time to process and de-program from the so called 'normal' ways they attain self-worth and such-thus the panic to 'get back to old normal-work and such...encouraged by corporate pressures to have 'workers' back making them money once again....we are ALL in this experiment...hopefully this lecture can be a call for real change... awesome- sharing this around!

[DeadMarine]

The state of Alaska in the United States has a UBI already. It's the redest of red States, super conservative and they love there UBI.

[kimweaver]

My late wife was a genius at motivating her team. She was retired from the USN and went to work for a large contractor in secure communications. She had a lot of frustrations but also referred to her "Dilberts" slaving away in their cubicles, with a sweet and gentle smile. Hung on her "The floggings will continue until morale improves". Navy humor.

[aurifelix]

I'd love to hear more about ephemeralization and how automation and technology can makes things incredibly cheap, which makes UBI even more palatable.

[boludoconcamara]

Damn that really hits on people knowing what they are against, but not for.