Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen

[Boneman]

Zur Abwechslung mal wieder ein paar Links:

1. Was zum Gucken:
Ein sehr guter Vortrag von der Veranstaltung "Grundeinkommen ist machbar" über Grundeinkommen und direkte Demokratie, den ich gerade gefunden habe. Es geht unter anderem darum, dass wir nur für andere arbeiten (Teil 1), über das Missverhältnis von Leistungs- und Konsumbesteuerung (Teil 2), den "Wert" von Haare kämmen und einer neuen Hüfte, darum, dass kaum Staatsgewalt vom Volke ausgeht (Teil 2 und 3) und über Sinn und Zweck einer Volksabstimmung zur Abschaffung der Armee in der Schweiz und ihren Folgen nach - und vor allem vor - der Entscheidung (Teil 4).

2. Was zum Lesen:

Im Blogbeitrag "Anders als man denkt" auf der Website der Initiative Grundeinkommen Basel schreibt Enno Schmidt über den unerwarteten Erfolg des Grundeinkommensfilms, die BGE-Petition wie die mangelnde technische Ausstattung des Petitionsservers und dass auch BGE-Befürworter nicht davor gefeit sind, wie Parteien zu agieren statt die Idee zu verbreiten.

3. Noch etwas zum Lesen:
Why passion is so attractive. Allgemein sehr interessant, auch denen zu empfehlen, die sich nicht für das Thema Grundeinkommen interessieren.
Damit man die Parallelen zum BGE gleich sieht, hier ein paar Auszüge aus dem Text:

Most people lock their passions up in a box, letting only a little bit out when the environment seems safe to do so. We live in a society that is so far from true passion that people release their tension by screaming into their pillows at night, and locking their room doors to dance where nobody can see them. People work at jobs they hate, staying there only for the money to buy things they don’t really need, hang out with people they don’t really like, and to do things they don’t really like to do. It’s amazing, and they continue to follow the rest of the crowd, and it’s almost the blind leading the blind.

Passion is especially important when it comes to our careers, which is huge part of our daily lives. You have to be devoted to something you love and enjoy — something you believe in. Everyone has heard that you should be doing something you love, but this is true for all areas of life. The longer your true passions are suppressed and ignored, the more you forget the way back to them.

In our society, we tend to identify people through external things such as their age, their job, the clothes they wear, the car they drive, etc., but while our outer appearance is important, an external casing becomes irrelevant if there isn’t much value underneath.

What moves you, excites you, keeps you up at night and wakes you up in the morning? What are some things you can’t stop thinking about, daydreaming about? Deep down inside, what do you truly want for yourself? If you had all the money, time, and resources you needed, how would you live your life? What would you stand for?

Block off some time this week to reassess if you’re living in full congruency with your passion.

If you’re doing anything right now that’s not in line with what you truly want, you are not living with passion. Without passion, you’ll never be your most charismatic, attractive, and influential self, living a life you enjoy and being someone that others enjoy being around.

So stand for what you believe in. Express the things you love, and what you hate - if the time calls for it. Be clear on what you want, and what your values are. Don’t compromise, and never settle. Say what needs to be said, sing when you feel like singing, dance when you feel like dancing. Don’t apologize for it either. This is your birthright.