by
Guy Standing
A basic income paid to everybody would enable caregivers, mostly women, to replace their own work with paid labour if they wished, and would enable 'care-recipients' relying on the gift work of relatives to purchase care labour services. [...]
I take issue with this line of reasoning - it really only works if either
- the paid labour that replaces their carework is robots; or,
- there just happen to be enough other people on basic income (women or not) who are happy to spend their time taking care of other people's families even though they don't need the money to survive;
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the people who are relied on for care work don't qualify for basic income for some reason (e.g., immigrants), in which case you're relying on this reserve army of subalterns to clean up your kids diapers for you while you're out fulfilling your dreams
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would be great but we're not there yet; i'll be damned if 2. is true; and 3. is probably what he's thinking (it mirrors what occurs already).
so what's the solution? well, basically, you have to accept that sharing DNA with someone who can't take care of their self doesn't entitle you to the devoted services of a stranger. either you take care of them or you suffer the consequences. ideally you have people who are willing to volunteer to do this, but if not, idk if i believe that forcing them to do so (via financial penalties) is in everyone's best interests