I know there's a lot of talk about one person's scandalous financial lies & how much they served as the foundation for a career of lies...
But don't forget to sit with the twinned grief in this horrible story: the illusion of wealth that runs this world while most people agonize over an inability to make enough to live with even a little security.
The headline is clickbait.
The reality is a painful reminder of systemic injustice.
Be gentle with yourself for doing what you can in rigged games.
@MLClark There's been some talk in recent years of the U.S. establishing a Universal Basic Income (UBI) but frankly I can't see that happening here for a very long time.
What saddens me is how many people without even a little security are conned into giving their money to the man with the scandalous financial lies.
Even in Canada, it's a struggle.
The premier of Ontario has many strikes against him, but one of the worst for me was his decision to shut down a UBI project already underway. His reason was obvious: the study would've provided more data in favour of UBI, as most every pilot project to date has improved entrepreneurship (i.e., yielded economic gains) along with well-being.
But we can't have good data messing with claims to austerity being more "fiscally responsible", now can we?
We also had another recently in BC. I'm well versed in the world's UBI projects. They're quite fascinating in the range of outcomes and resistance points they create in different communities. Even if some people *don't* use the money for personal improvement, it helps reduce the burden of their care on others who can then do other things with their time.
In one South African version, the only resistance came from white farmers; UBI was making their workers too self-empowered!
@MLClark This article mentions a Manitoba study in the 1970s.
https://college.unc.edu/2021/03/universal-basic-income/