NewProgressUSA
@newprogressusa.bsky.social
@NewProgressUSA on Twitter. Here to reconnect with mutuals from the old site. Staunch universalist; UBI, universal healthcare, etc. I follow back to amplify those who fight for universalism.
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Publicly, Amazon said its new robots with a sense of touch are all about making work easier on workers. Internally, they said the robots are "critical to flattening Amazon's hiring curve over the next 10 years." Needing less humans to work is great but WE SHOULD ALL BENEFIT via an AI dividend - UBI.
Amazon sees warehouse robots 'flattening' its hiring curve, according to internal document
An official company document describes Amazon's new Vulcan robot and similar machines as key to keeping a lid on hiring growth.
www.businessinsider.com
May 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Publicly, Amazon said its new robots with a sense of touch are all about making work easier on workers. Internally, they said the robots are "critical to flattening Amazon's hiring curve over the next 10 years." Needing less humans to work is great but WE SHOULD ALL BENEFIT via an AI dividend - UBI.
The goal of life used to be
"Take care of yourself and others."
But greedy, shortsighted, & primitive lunatics made it so the modern goal of life must be
"Make money."
Nothing in our lives will change unless we change the system that destroyed our lives. We need universal basic income. Period.
"Take care of yourself and others."
But greedy, shortsighted, & primitive lunatics made it so the modern goal of life must be
"Make money."
Nothing in our lives will change unless we change the system that destroyed our lives. We need universal basic income. Period.
May 17, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The goal of life used to be
"Take care of yourself and others."
But greedy, shortsighted, & primitive lunatics made it so the modern goal of life must be
"Make money."
Nothing in our lives will change unless we change the system that destroyed our lives. We need universal basic income. Period.
"Take care of yourself and others."
But greedy, shortsighted, & primitive lunatics made it so the modern goal of life must be
"Make money."
Nothing in our lives will change unless we change the system that destroyed our lives. We need universal basic income. Period.
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People say “if you give folks free money, they’ll never work again.”
OH REALLY?!
Try telling that to a single mom on Day 9 of instant ramen, 3 kids screaming, two jobs, one transmission failure, and ZERO patience.
She’ll still be grinding. With #UBI she just won’t be drowning.
OH REALLY?!
Try telling that to a single mom on Day 9 of instant ramen, 3 kids screaming, two jobs, one transmission failure, and ZERO patience.
She’ll still be grinding. With #UBI she just won’t be drowning.
May 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
People say “if you give folks free money, they’ll never work again.”
OH REALLY?!
Try telling that to a single mom on Day 9 of instant ramen, 3 kids screaming, two jobs, one transmission failure, and ZERO patience.
She’ll still be grinding. With #UBI she just won’t be drowning.
OH REALLY?!
Try telling that to a single mom on Day 9 of instant ramen, 3 kids screaming, two jobs, one transmission failure, and ZERO patience.
She’ll still be grinding. With #UBI she just won’t be drowning.
We live in a developed world of abundance. Forcing ANYONE to work to survive is primitive.
It's civilized to give EVERYONE a choice about work and FREEDOM to decide how to spend their time. Our time is our life.
We need mutual trust to have mutual obligation.
We need UBI.
It's civilized to give EVERYONE a choice about work and FREEDOM to decide how to spend their time. Our time is our life.
We need mutual trust to have mutual obligation.
We need UBI.
May 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
We live in a developed world of abundance. Forcing ANYONE to work to survive is primitive.
It's civilized to give EVERYONE a choice about work and FREEDOM to decide how to spend their time. Our time is our life.
We need mutual trust to have mutual obligation.
We need UBI.
It's civilized to give EVERYONE a choice about work and FREEDOM to decide how to spend their time. Our time is our life.
We need mutual trust to have mutual obligation.
We need UBI.
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The first Democratic governor who sends their state troopers into an ICE field office to free someone ICE has kidnapped is going to be president in four years.
May 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The first Democratic governor who sends their state troopers into an ICE field office to free someone ICE has kidnapped is going to be president in four years.
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Le Blanc de Blanc, by Georges Mathieu, 1987, 📸 by @catocataldo
April 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Le Blanc de Blanc, by Georges Mathieu, 1987, 📸 by @catocataldo
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YOU’RE telling me $1,000/month UBI makes people lazy?!
STOP IT. Get help.
That check doesn’t kill ambition, it fuels it.
It buys time to breathe & move with PURPOSE, not panic.
Give folks that & they won’t sit down.
They’ll STAND UP & run past your endless bootstraps speeches
STOP IT. Get help.
That check doesn’t kill ambition, it fuels it.
It buys time to breathe & move with PURPOSE, not panic.
Give folks that & they won’t sit down.
They’ll STAND UP & run past your endless bootstraps speeches
May 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
YOU’RE telling me $1,000/month UBI makes people lazy?!
STOP IT. Get help.
That check doesn’t kill ambition, it fuels it.
It buys time to breathe & move with PURPOSE, not panic.
Give folks that & they won’t sit down.
They’ll STAND UP & run past your endless bootstraps speeches
STOP IT. Get help.
That check doesn’t kill ambition, it fuels it.
It buys time to breathe & move with PURPOSE, not panic.
Give folks that & they won’t sit down.
They’ll STAND UP & run past your endless bootstraps speeches
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I 100% agree with today's Substack post by @rbreich.bsky.social about how Trump’s populism must be met with a better populism that includes taxing the rich and providing universal basic income and healthcare, and that we must also restore and strengthen democracy.
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
May 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I 100% agree with today's Substack post by @rbreich.bsky.social about how Trump’s populism must be met with a better populism that includes taxing the rich and providing universal basic income and healthcare, and that we must also restore and strengthen democracy.
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Everyone needs an income. That’s a fact.
If someone doesn’t have an income, that person is liable to steal, scam, or do whatever else to scrape together an income.
That causes countless problems in society.
Guaranteeing everyone an income with UBI is obviously the best choice.
If someone doesn’t have an income, that person is liable to steal, scam, or do whatever else to scrape together an income.
That causes countless problems in society.
Guaranteeing everyone an income with UBI is obviously the best choice.
May 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Everyone needs an income. That’s a fact.
If someone doesn’t have an income, that person is liable to steal, scam, or do whatever else to scrape together an income.
That causes countless problems in society.
Guaranteeing everyone an income with UBI is obviously the best choice.
If someone doesn’t have an income, that person is liable to steal, scam, or do whatever else to scrape together an income.
That causes countless problems in society.
Guaranteeing everyone an income with UBI is obviously the best choice.
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
But American officials don’t understand that. Democrats especially.
If they did, they would’ve made it so Trump couldn’t run again after his insurrection.
They would’ve ratified Roe.
They would’ve implemented UBI in 1972.
But American officials don’t understand that. Democrats especially.
If they did, they would’ve made it so Trump couldn’t run again after his insurrection.
They would’ve ratified Roe.
They would’ve implemented UBI in 1972.
May 4, 2025 at 2:43 AM
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
But American officials don’t understand that. Democrats especially.
If they did, they would’ve made it so Trump couldn’t run again after his insurrection.
They would’ve ratified Roe.
They would’ve implemented UBI in 1972.
But American officials don’t understand that. Democrats especially.
If they did, they would’ve made it so Trump couldn’t run again after his insurrection.
They would’ve ratified Roe.
They would’ve implemented UBI in 1972.
It was very frustrating - this was my second @repraulruizmd.bsky.social town hall and even though @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social was there and people were tangibly upset and demanding leadership & answers, all we heard was platitudes.
We need policy solutions, but none were discussed.
We need policy solutions, but none were discussed.
You just spoke in front of 600 people in rm . You were asked for solutions by a woman in tears ,you had none . Just talking points . All of you had an army you could have turned lose on social media and the 4 of you had no idea where they get their news from . You let 600 citizen journalists leave
May 4, 2025 at 1:34 AM
It was very frustrating - this was my second @repraulruizmd.bsky.social town hall and even though @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social was there and people were tangibly upset and demanding leadership & answers, all we heard was platitudes.
We need policy solutions, but none were discussed.
We need policy solutions, but none were discussed.
American fascism in 2025 is a direct result of Congress’ failure to pass UBI in 1972 or pursue it at any time since.
If you aren’t fighting for universal basic income, you’re helping the fascists.
If you aren’t fighting for universal basic income, you’re helping the fascists.
May 4, 2025 at 1:17 AM
American fascism in 2025 is a direct result of Congress’ failure to pass UBI in 1972 or pursue it at any time since.
If you aren’t fighting for universal basic income, you’re helping the fascists.
If you aren’t fighting for universal basic income, you’re helping the fascists.
Says the actual moron whose life would’ve been enriched by living in a nation with UBI.
I’m so tired of people being so aggressively stupid when it comes to the obvious.
If Congress had implemented UBI in 1972, we wouldn’t have Trump or fascism and poverty would’ve been eliminated by now.
Ffs.
I’m so tired of people being so aggressively stupid when it comes to the obvious.
If Congress had implemented UBI in 1972, we wouldn’t have Trump or fascism and poverty would’ve been eliminated by now.
Ffs.
May 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Says the actual moron whose life would’ve been enriched by living in a nation with UBI.
I’m so tired of people being so aggressively stupid when it comes to the obvious.
If Congress had implemented UBI in 1972, we wouldn’t have Trump or fascism and poverty would’ve been eliminated by now.
Ffs.
I’m so tired of people being so aggressively stupid when it comes to the obvious.
If Congress had implemented UBI in 1972, we wouldn’t have Trump or fascism and poverty would’ve been eliminated by now.
Ffs.
The special guest was @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
It was disheartening to hear him invoke Dr. King so much but not mention UBI.
I waited outside after to try to intercept him and give him a copy of this 1968 letter - one of his staffers took it & said she’d give it to him.
It was disheartening to hear him invoke Dr. King so much but not mention UBI.
I waited outside after to try to intercept him and give him a copy of this 1968 letter - one of his staffers took it & said she’d give it to him.
May 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The special guest was @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
It was disheartening to hear him invoke Dr. King so much but not mention UBI.
I waited outside after to try to intercept him and give him a copy of this 1968 letter - one of his staffers took it & said she’d give it to him.
It was disheartening to hear him invoke Dr. King so much but not mention UBI.
I waited outside after to try to intercept him and give him a copy of this 1968 letter - one of his staffers took it & said she’d give it to him.
It’s May Day.
If you aren’t fighting for UBI, you need to evolve.
Relying on wages & work for survival is the primitive way of doing things. Guaranteeing individual survival with universal policies is the civilized way.
As Bayard Rustin said in 1965, “We must separate pay from work.”
We need UBI
If you aren’t fighting for UBI, you need to evolve.
Relying on wages & work for survival is the primitive way of doing things. Guaranteeing individual survival with universal policies is the civilized way.
As Bayard Rustin said in 1965, “We must separate pay from work.”
We need UBI
May 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It’s May Day.
If you aren’t fighting for UBI, you need to evolve.
Relying on wages & work for survival is the primitive way of doing things. Guaranteeing individual survival with universal policies is the civilized way.
As Bayard Rustin said in 1965, “We must separate pay from work.”
We need UBI
If you aren’t fighting for UBI, you need to evolve.
Relying on wages & work for survival is the primitive way of doing things. Guaranteeing individual survival with universal policies is the civilized way.
As Bayard Rustin said in 1965, “We must separate pay from work.”
We need UBI
UBI is the most important issue because every other important issue has underlying causes that would be addressed by everyone having universal basic income.
May 1, 2025 at 6:28 AM
UBI is the most important issue because every other important issue has underlying causes that would be addressed by everyone having universal basic income.
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"This pepperoni and shit pizza is actually really good because if you take the hot steaming feces off, it's a pepperoni pizza."
Peter Navarro on CNBC reacts to the shrinking GDP number by insisting it's actually good news because if you strip out the effect of tariffs "you have 3 percent growth. So we really like where we're at now."
April 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"This pepperoni and shit pizza is actually really good because if you take the hot steaming feces off, it's a pepperoni pizza."
The Rat Race is depleting finite resources at an unsustainable pace.
If we want to stop the total collapse of civilization, we need to implement UBI.
Only then can we regroup and establish a more sustainable civilization.
If we don’t pause, everything will come to an end
If we want to stop the total collapse of civilization, we need to implement UBI.
Only then can we regroup and establish a more sustainable civilization.
If we don’t pause, everything will come to an end
April 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The Rat Race is depleting finite resources at an unsustainable pace.
If we want to stop the total collapse of civilization, we need to implement UBI.
Only then can we regroup and establish a more sustainable civilization.
If we don’t pause, everything will come to an end
If we want to stop the total collapse of civilization, we need to implement UBI.
Only then can we regroup and establish a more sustainable civilization.
If we don’t pause, everything will come to an end
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This is also why billionaires like McMahon oppose universal basic income. It's about control. It's about coercion. UBI means less control and coercion. It means more freedom and bargaining power. It's so important that everyone who isn't in the top 1% realizes this.
The reason billionaires like McMahon are obsessed with student debt is that creating financial precarity makes people more stressed about losing their job. If you’re worried about your job you’re less likely to quit and find work elsewhere. You’re less likely to ask for a raise. It’s pure class war.
McMahon: "The plan is very simple. We have announced that beginning May 5, you must start to repay your loan. This is not to in any way to try to cause hardship. There are several different payment plans ... but they need to get on it. Because there isn't going to be any loan forgiveness program."
April 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This is also why billionaires like McMahon oppose universal basic income. It's about control. It's about coercion. UBI means less control and coercion. It means more freedom and bargaining power. It's so important that everyone who isn't in the top 1% realizes this.
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If I were a Dem running in 2028, I’d start now with a platform:
End tariffs & rebuild alliances
Restore rule of law
Reject fringe left culture wars
Fight corruption
Tax the rich to cut debt
Make life affordable with UBI, universal healthcare & abundant housing/energy/childcare
End tariffs & rebuild alliances
Restore rule of law
Reject fringe left culture wars
Fight corruption
Tax the rich to cut debt
Make life affordable with UBI, universal healthcare & abundant housing/energy/childcare
April 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
If I were a Dem running in 2028, I’d start now with a platform:
End tariffs & rebuild alliances
Restore rule of law
Reject fringe left culture wars
Fight corruption
Tax the rich to cut debt
Make life affordable with UBI, universal healthcare & abundant housing/energy/childcare
End tariffs & rebuild alliances
Restore rule of law
Reject fringe left culture wars
Fight corruption
Tax the rich to cut debt
Make life affordable with UBI, universal healthcare & abundant housing/energy/childcare
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JFC, JUST MAKE HAVING AND RAISING A CHILD MORE AFFORDABLE.
A universal basic income that includes kids, universal healthcare, universal childcare, universal pre-K to college.
Also, make the future look more hopeful. That means less fascism. That means tackling climate change.
A universal basic income that includes kids, universal healthcare, universal childcare, universal pre-K to college.
Also, make the future look more hopeful. That means less fascism. That means tackling climate change.
Trump Aides Solicit Ideas to Raise Birthrate, From Baby Bonuses to Fertility Planning (Gift Article)
Baby bonuses and menstrual cycle classes are among the ideas pitched to Trump aides as they consider plans to try boosting the birthrate.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
JFC, JUST MAKE HAVING AND RAISING A CHILD MORE AFFORDABLE.
A universal basic income that includes kids, universal healthcare, universal childcare, universal pre-K to college.
Also, make the future look more hopeful. That means less fascism. That means tackling climate change.
A universal basic income that includes kids, universal healthcare, universal childcare, universal pre-K to college.
Also, make the future look more hopeful. That means less fascism. That means tackling climate change.
Money is an essential tool for building large societies. Poverty not only prevents building, it causes destruction.
Eliminating it is an absolute good. This is so basic & it never ceases to amaze me when someone is too primitive to 'get it.'
It's time to get civilized with UBI.
Eliminating it is an absolute good. This is so basic & it never ceases to amaze me when someone is too primitive to 'get it.'
It's time to get civilized with UBI.
April 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Money is an essential tool for building large societies. Poverty not only prevents building, it causes destruction.
Eliminating it is an absolute good. This is so basic & it never ceases to amaze me when someone is too primitive to 'get it.'
It's time to get civilized with UBI.
Eliminating it is an absolute good. This is so basic & it never ceases to amaze me when someone is too primitive to 'get it.'
It's time to get civilized with UBI.
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Just as we made a lot more hand sanitizer and now it’s cheap enough for everyone to have clean hands, we can build enough homes so they get cheaper and everyone can have a place to live.
March 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Just as we made a lot more hand sanitizer and now it’s cheap enough for everyone to have clean hands, we can build enough homes so they get cheaper and everyone can have a place to live.
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OK, gonna throw this spicy bomb out there.
If you're fortunate enough to have disposable income, then right now it is your duty to use that income wisely. You have agency over how you spend it and you should own how you spend it.
Your decisions do, in fact, affect stock prices of big corporations.
If you're fortunate enough to have disposable income, then right now it is your duty to use that income wisely. You have agency over how you spend it and you should own how you spend it.
Your decisions do, in fact, affect stock prices of big corporations.
March 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
OK, gonna throw this spicy bomb out there.
If you're fortunate enough to have disposable income, then right now it is your duty to use that income wisely. You have agency over how you spend it and you should own how you spend it.
Your decisions do, in fact, affect stock prices of big corporations.
If you're fortunate enough to have disposable income, then right now it is your duty to use that income wisely. You have agency over how you spend it and you should own how you spend it.
Your decisions do, in fact, affect stock prices of big corporations.