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I agree this (and related religious-political thought policing) are a dark side of what amounts to UBI which it where much of society is at. Do and say the right things, give up freedom of choice, and you're taken care of for life. Think for yourself and you're left in the cold.

It reminds me of the movie 300, where all Xerxes demands is that you kneel.

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Do and say the right things, give up freedom of choice, enter into a social contract where in exchange for refraining from exercising some of one's natural rights to others' detriment, they agree to refrain from...

... wait.

I don't follow the UBI thing at all. If anything, this illustrates that we should have UBI or try and reduce the amount of folks working in bullshit jobs somehow.

You said a forbidden word, so no UBI for you?

Straight out of 1984.

I guess I have a different definition of universal than you.

Do you really believe that it is going to be dolled out “universally” and not, like every other human endeavor, based on political vote wrangling?

I see a lot of people struggling to make ends meet around me and they have all sorts of politics.

I find your comment fairly tone deaf and reeking of unwarranted victimism.

The people around you should try to get into political positions where all they'll need to do is to have the right political opinions and enforce that then. Which opinions those are depends on the organization.

The problem of course is that many people couldn't stand to work in such an organization, and there's definitely suffering involved unless you are a certain type that loves that kind of work.

Absolutely, but "all sorts of politics" is not "any sort of politics". Also, I'm pretty sure none of the teams who made these word lists are struggling to make ends meet. For example, what does the guy who's out there in the middle of a cold night making soup for homeless people think about these lists?

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