Comment by Paul Ariès

Political scientist. Editor of Les Zindigné(es). Observatoire International de la gratuité
To exit the true/false debate on the universal basic income, let’s defend the free public service! (…) To defend and increase the weight of free goods is to give everybody what they need to live, in an unconditional way but with a revenue largely demonetized, diseconomized. It is therefore to exit from capitalism. AI Verified source
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AI Verified Verified via web search. The source URL (politis.fr, Jan 2017) is an open letter by Paul Ariès titled "Revenu universel : Lettre ouverte à Jean-Luc, Benoît et quelques autres." The English quote is an accurate translation of the French original: "Défendre et étendre la sphère de la gratuité c'est donner à chacune et à chacun de quoi vivre de façon inconditionnelle mais avec un revenu largement démonétarisé, déséconomisé, c'est donc commencer à sortir du capitalisme." The vote direction ("against" on "Implement a universal basic income") correctly reflects Ariès's position — he argues against UBI in favor of expanding free public services (gratuité) as a way to exit capitalism. Author bio is consistent with his role at the Observatoire International de la Gratuité. Could not fetch source URL directly (domain blocked), but web search results confirm the article content matches. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 4d ago
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