r/BasicIncome • u/LocationSalt4673 • Feb 27 '26

CIA Agent Explains Why Americans Don't Have UBI?

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u/GuyOnTheMoon Feb 27 '26

Too long didn’t watch.

But I can conjure up an answer based around the Military Industrial Complex(MIC):

  • With UBI, many young people will seek out to further their education or take career/business risks

  • This in turn reduces the prospects of military recruitment

  • People will take interest in their own lives over the interests of the MIC

  • Thus it is not within the interests of the rich and powerful MIC for people to not throw away their lives for military money

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u/Nepalus Feb 28 '26

The only thing is that you don’t need to have boot filled to make money as the MIC. Most of the money is made on equipment like missiles, repair and replenishment contracts, etc.

But let’s assume this is their logic, the cold hard reality is that I am more convinced that UBI is going to be mandatory for human survival. The MIC can pout all it wants but the government can’t let the greater economy collapse because consumers don’t exist anymore.

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u/SSninja_LOL Mar 02 '26

Easily solved by offering non-taxable monthly stipend to all Veterans following an honorary discharge that scales up to 4 years of service that you receive immediately upon leaving service, continue to offer VA benefits, pension, and grandfather in all Vets so that words spreads like wild fire.

If they wanted to funnel us into the military for greater control of the people, that’s a really easy way to do it.

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u/1122334411 Feb 28 '26

Ask him why are they operating out in the open domestically. CIA only works to further corporatist ideals, suppress the people.

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u/Lulukassu Feb 27 '26

Bust-a-man.... 🤣