RE: Cryptocurrency 2.0: The Tokens Are The Basic Income: STEEM Is Going To Be A Big Part Of That
None of that applies in the crypt world.
And what do you call receiving a token for allowing someone to use your medical records....or record where you are driving....or what you watch...or token you receive for listening to the radio.....
Are those unearned or earned. Is watching an advertisement earned or is that being lazy watching TV.
This is where the basis for the entire I am for/I am against UBI breaks down. When you enter crypto, nobody is taking from someone else.
Of course, the "this is theft" crowd will have a different view when they along with 25% of the workforce is replaced by robots. I witnessed this in 2006-2008 with the housing collapse. Many who work in construction who I know had the same mindset. Of course they were justifying not paying taxes since most worked until the table. Anyway, the market totally imploded, construction stopped on a dime...almost everyone I know in that field was either laid off or drastically reduced. Since they were mostly under the table guys, they had to bite the bullet....man they were wishing they qualified for aid.
Another interesting aspect of this is the owners of companies that I new, due to over extension, lost their homes in many instances.
Of course, we know the banksters were at the core of all this. If you want to talk about theft, perhaps it is best to focus upon that realm instead of arguing over tax money.
Thanks for your comment @markhalen...I appreciate it.
I definitely agree with you on that part. To keep it simple, if you spend you time and energy doing something I say you earned it. (work = energy / time) so if you are spending your energy over time watching an ad or "selling" your medical records that you've generated, then you've earned the profits up to its worth. I think that is the beauty of crypto and blockchain like you mentioned in your post. Up until now people were not paid for all the things they "unknowingly sold", but big companies would and profited billions i.e. Facebook, insurance companies, media conglomerates etc.
Take for example: "allowing someone to use your medical records....or record where you are driving....or what you watch...or token you receive for listening to the radio..... or even watching an advertisement." You can share in the profits for almost every aspect where you spend your time/every; that is just beautiful.
Of course, we know the banksters were at the core of all this. If you want to talk about theft, perhaps it is best to focus upon that realm instead of arguing over tax money. One of the best statements I have heard on this platform.