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stefan_kendall on Dec 16, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Basic Income Means Basic Freedom

There was a time before welfare, and men and women didn't fall dead in the streets of hunger in droves.

reginaldjcooper on Dec 16, 2013 [–]

Oh I like this logical exercise. How about, "there used to be a feudal system, and men and women didn't fall dead in the streets of hunger in droves." Did I do that right?

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