Basic income was a catch-all phrase that meant different things depending on who was using the term. It could clearly be designed to bolster economic security, allowing people to live happier, healthier, more prosperous lives. It could improve working conditions, boost wages, and limit vulnerabilities to commonplace misfortunes like car trouble along with global disasters like pandemics. But in the usage that had gained the greatest political traction—the one embraced by people like Benioff—it was an allowance proffered as justification for the status quo, a payment that indemnified Davos Man
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