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Comment by Helen Razer
Radio presenter and writer
The reason they adore UBI isn’t to do with their commitment to lift a growing underclass out of poverty; that’s just a bedtime story that helps the super-wealthy sleep. Instead, it’s more to permit spending on their goods by what remains of the American middle class. No one on a stagnant wage can currently buy the things that Musk—and the rest of Silicon Valley—wants to sell them.
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Verified via web search. The quote is from Helen Razer's Quartz article "UBI is just a bedtime story Elon Musk tells himself to help the super-wealthy sleep" (qz.com/1024938). The exact text appears in the article. Vote direction "against" on "Implement a universal basic income" is correct — Razer criticizes Silicon Valley's UBI advocacy from a Marxist perspective, arguing it serves corporate interests rather than the underclass. Fixed source_url from a personal Facebook saved link to the actual Quartz article URL.
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