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Comment by Grace Lee Boggs (deceased)

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Civil rights activist
You can think so much in terms of re-distribution. Or you can begin thinking about justice in terms of restoring another way of life
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AI Verified Verified: the source URL contains the exact sentence, attributed to Grace Lee Boggs, as part of a longer quotation: “... You can think so much in terms of re-distribution. Or you can begin thinking about justice in terms of restoring another way of life.” The 2015 BIEN article says this remark was made in a 2012 talk at The New School, so the quote is authentic and correctly attributed; 2015 is the article/publication year, not the original speaking date. ([basicincome.org](https://basicincome.org/news/2015/10/grace-lee-boggs-endorsed-city-level-universal-basic-income/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
AI Unverifiable Source URL basicincome.org returns 403/blocks WebFetch. Web search confirms the article 'Detroit activist Grace Lee Boggs dies at 100, she endorsed [city-level UBI]' exists at the matching URL. Author correctly identified (Grace Lee Boggs, civil rights activist, deceased Oct 2015). Vote 'for' on 'Implement a universal basic income' aligns with the article's reported endorsement. Could not directly confirm the exact wording 'You can think so much in terms of re-distribution...' from the source page, though the framing is consistent with Boggs' broader philosophy of moving beyond redistribution toward transformative community-based change. Year 2015 is older than 2025 but author is deceased so cannot be updated. Marking ai_unverifiable. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 2mo ago
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