UBI does not grant self-governance, money is not power - it is a fiction. Only direct control of the means of production produces liberty in it's most real sense, not in any utilitarian fantasy.
Also, people like Ben Shapiro support UBI in the event of full-automisation of capital, it is clear that this is the end-game of porky. Marx also called social democracy 'social fascism' since it is in direct opposition to communism despite it's "left-leaning" nature - think of centrists as radicals in their own nature, since they will do anything in their power to deny the far-right and left respectively, so pertain to the absolutist ideology of moderation. This is why I consider centrists as complacent authoritarians, not level-headed rationalits.
I'm guessing utopians like foucault in all but name are what classify as left to you
Oliver Kelly
no, that was a Comintern theory derived from Zinoviev.
Nathaniel Cook
It is mostly anarchist sceptics who see psychiatry as another bureaucratic mode of control revolved around the private pharmaceutical industry and the state.
People jumping to the conclusion that mental illness is "fake" or otherwise clearly have the bliss of ignorance though. Sometimes it is libertarians like Molyneux who cannot relinquish the concept of free will for his ethics to called into question. I have actually heard Stefan recently say that he doubts the legitimacy of psychology because it is an academic field dominated by Jews; not much of a solid argument imo.
Liberals are trying to slash the minimum wage now they will always try to get rid of it, it doesn't matter if there's a UBI or not. You have no understanding of how power works.
Jayden Evans
The fuck does that have to do with anything I've said? Of course libs want to slash the minimum wage, this is a completely banal point that says nothing of your understanding of "power". What I am saying is that UBI is a ploy to sneak through yet more austerity, supported by supposed "leftists" who are drunk on memes about FALC and have no understanding of the actual economic impact of this policy. If your aim is to improve welfare, raise wages, lower working hours, improve productivity, or introduce some sort of pseudo-communism funded by gibmedats, UBI is both markedly inferior to alternatives and in many cases completely counter-productive.
Oliver Mitchell
Marx did call it "Socialistic Bourgeoisie" though.
Grayson Howard
UBI is a good policy, but to pursue it alone or even primarily is just economism, just like Medicare for all and a 15 minimum being your only political position is economism.
By themselves, these are good things that help workers, and we should support them. That said, our politics should be much broader than these specific issues implemented as defensive measures within the framework of bourgeois democracy even if we support them as critical empowerment of the working class.