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  • Because the rules aren’t enforced equally. There’s really no other way to put it. Twitter too. They’re big enough that they get special treatment.

    App Store and Play Store approvals are famously capricious, with little room for appeals. Take a look at this nightmare of trying to get an app approved for OwnCast, the Fediverse version of Twitch.

  • I think this is a case where worse is better. For the sake of argument I am willing to assume that means-tested basic income creates better outcomes than UBI, but UBI sidesteps things like perverse incentives (“I can’t afford to work because I’ll lose benefits”), administrative overhead, and incentivizes support because it’s basically bribing everyone.

    Means-tested will be fought because “why should my carbon tax pay for lazy/those people to not work?” UBI is about compensating everyone for the harm that is being done to the climate.

  • From a health perspective, absolutely.

    From a climate perspective? Just tax carbon and give the proceeds back as UBI.

    To the extent that health warnings work, it’s because it affects the consumer directly. A climate warning is saying “this burger is going to make life slightly worse for someone halfway around the world.”

    It may change consumption slightly but also risks a blowback of denial. People don’t like feeling guilty and are perfectly capable of sticking their head in the sand so they can enjoy a steak.