Explain it to me. Preferably with your own numbers, and assessments.
Arkouda
joined 1 year ago
One is merely an observer of their thoughts. The reason for this is there is a delay from Stimulus and Brain activity before the Conscious awareness of the stimulus and brain activity. This natural delay causes us to assume that we are consciously making choices, and thinking on our own.
The core idea that I believe in here is that Humans do not have free will. We cannot control our actions or thoughts, and we merely observe them with our conscious mind.
For those who do not believe that UBI is unsustainable on scale:
The idea of UBI: “Universal Basic Income (UBI) is a social welfare concept that proposes providing all citizens or residents of a particular country or region with a regular, unconditional sum of money, regardless of their income, employment status, or wealth”
There are 32,708,656 Canadians as of 2024 aged 20 or older according to population estimates.
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1710000501
The 2023-2024 total revenues for Canada was $459.5 billion.
The article cites the experiment where the participants received either $16,989 CAD/year as a single person or $24,027 CAD/year. UBI is supposed to be the same payment regardless of any status, so I am going to use the single person amount for scale.
32,708,656 * $16,989 = $555,687,356,784
$555,687,356,784 - $459,500,000,000 = $96,187,356,784
Canada would need to make almost $100 billion more in revenue every year just to cover UBI, and that does not include anything else Federal revenue is used for.
UBI is not sustainable on scale, and there are better options.
Hamas is not a resistance group.
Surely your answer isn’t “nothing,” is it?
This is not a good faith question.
Jail vs being a war criminal that killed ton of Palestinians and that may end up with ptsd and committed suicide.
The best choice is so clear
I do not understand what point you are trying to make here.
Would you say the same thing about Ukrainians defending their lands?
Yes. One can clearly see that violence is not benefiting Ukrainians, Russians, North Koreans, or any other group involved in direct conflict.
Are you saying that there should be no limits to free speech and free expression, with no exceptions?
I invite you to ask good faith questions, or refresh yourself by reading what I said again.
I have stated my point of view very clearly. If you are confused about my point of view I invite you to ask good faith questions, or refresh yourself by reading what I said again.
I agree that a lot of laws are absolute garbage, like sex work laws and drug laws. Prohibition never worked, yet we keep on trying. I agree that the only laws we need are ones that prevent harm to others, which I include "theft" under.
I don't agree that giving everyone their needs will stop theft. If we assume everyone has their needs met, then what we have left is wants, and wants are a driving factor for many violent crimes and thefts.
I agree with you over all in needing an overhaul. There are many models better for reform, but I think we will also always need prisons for a small group of the population. I agree that not everyone should end up there, and that it should be the last stop after attempting to reform an individual or help them if they need it in other ways. I also think it shouldn't be pleasant, because that is the last stop.
But before we can even talk about that last step, we need to deal with all of the issues around crime, as you said by ensuring people have what they need, mental health help is readily available to anyone who needs it, and things of the like so that we have a better baseline for what we need in the most extreme measures.
I think most criminals can reform under the right conditions, and some European models are great for that, but I know some cannot. It is sad, but there is a point of no return and we have to acknowledge that if we want to keep people safe.
Thank you for sharing your point of view. :)
In favour of what?
Your reasoning is wrong because it has nothing to do with my point. There has been no discussion because of that. It is a simple math problem.
Take care.