Comment by Paula Bach

Economist. Columnist in La Izquierda Diario and member fo Partido de los Trabajadores Socialistas.
Todo hace pensar que la nueva tesis del “fin del trabajo” encarna un discurso intimidatorio que oculta a la vez intenciones probablemente más sombrías que las neoliberales. Los inmigrantes “amenazan” a los trabajadores desde las fronteras y los “robots” desde la inmutable naturaleza de la “economía” –que por supuesto nada tiene que ver con las relaciones entre los hombres–. La idea de la renta universal ciudadana asume de hecho el nuevo discurso del “fin del trabajo”, y por mejores intenciones que guarden algunos de sus exponentes acabará convalidando nuevos embates del capital.
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AI Verified The quote explicitly discusses "la idea de la renta universal ciudadana" (universal basic income) and argues it would legitimize harmful capitalist attacks, showing a clear negative position on the policy as a whole. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
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AI Verified The quote clearly criticizes "la idea de la renta universal ciudadana" and says it "acabará convalidando nuevos embates del capital," which indicates opposition. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago

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AI Verified The passage appears verbatim in a PDF of Paula Bach’s “¿Fin del trabajo o fetichismo de la robótica?”, which identifies her as the author and contains the quoted text on page 3. La Izquierda Diario’s Paula Bach author page also lists that article under her byline, dated July 2017. So the quote is authentic and correctly attributed to Paula Bach, but the supplied year “2016” appears incorrect, and the provided URL is a 2017 dossier page linking the article rather than the page containing the full quote. ([rebelion.org](https://rebelion.org/docs/229208.pdf)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
AI Unverifiable Cannot directly verify source URL (laizquierdadiario.com blocked by network proxy, as were mirrors on rebelion.org and izquierdadiario.es). However, contextual checks are positive: (1) Paula Bach is confirmed as an economist and columnist at La Izquierda Diario and member of PTS, consistent with author bio. (2) Web search confirms she has written extensively about the "end of work" thesis and against UBI from a Marxist perspective — the quote's content is fully aligned with her known positions. (3) Vote "against" statement "Implement a universal basic income" is correct — the quote explicitly argues UBI validates capital's offensive against labor. Source URL domain matches her publication. Marking ai_unverifiable solely because the source page content could not be fetched. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 3mo ago
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