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When Outlook goes down and you realize your entire job is just forwarding PDFs, ... .. it is time for demanding basic income. #eciubi2027 #ubi #basicincome #outlookdown #outlook #bullshitjob

But what is an ECI? What is a »European Citizens' Initiative«? A European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) is a formal participatory democracy tool in the European Union that allows EU citizens to directly ask the European Commission to propose new laws. To succeed, an initiative must gather at least one million valid signatures from EU citizens of voting age within one year, reaching minimum signature thresholds in at least seven different EU Member States. If successful, the European Commission is legally required to examine the proposal, meet with the organizers, hold a public hearing in the European Parliament, and issue a formal response explaining what legislative action (if any) it intends to take. #basicincome #eciubi2027 #ubi #eci #eu

Do you have a bullshit job? A bullshit job (as defined by David Graeber) is a form of paid employment that is so completely pointless, unnecessary, or pernicious that even the employee cannot justify its existence, though the conditions of employment force them to pretend otherwise. Tell us in the comments if you (or your friends) have a BS job. #bullshitjob #basicincome #ubi #eciubi2027

More Theological Reasons for a Basic Income Ina Praetorius, a Protestant theologian, argues: »A basic income aligns with Christian values because God also loves us unconditionally.« The hightes level of Tzedakah (צְדָקָה) ('justice') is when neither the giver nor the receiver knows the other's identity, or when the aid enables the person to become self-sufficient. -- Rabbi Maimonides (Rambam), 1200 »The eradication of poverty and the fulfillment of all basic human needs is one of the primary objectives of the Shariah (Maqasid al-Shariah)« -- Muhammad Umer Chapra (محمد عمر شابرا), Pakistani-Saudi economist https://basic-income.eu #basicincome #eciubi2027 #ubi

A basic income would allow all kind of activities outside of the capitalist economy, especially when there is space for it: »So there’s a kind of complementary idea to unconditional basic income, which could be called unconditional basic space, which says that cities and communities should provide, as a universal affordance, a space for self-organized activity to take place. And there’s all sorts of ways this can be done in a way that is pretty inexpensive, but provides for this collective capacity then for people to take advantage, through collective action, of their UBI to organize themselves into new ways of doing things. One could imagine a new type of maker space, in which advanced technologies of various sorts that are programmable and flexible, even for manufacturing, could be housed in large warehouses, in which worker cooperatives could engage in forms of leasing those means of production from municipalities. « Erik Olin Wright, Lecture at the University of Sydney, Department of Political Economy, 29 March 2018. #basicincome #ECIUBI2027 #UBI

Just 8 weeks left till the START of our Citizens Initaitive. Now you can not sign it yet but you could help us spread the word and also join as as activist to promote basic income... #eciubi2027 #ubi #basicincome

Bargaining Power with your very own »strike fund«: Unconditional Basic Income grants every individual an unconditional »strike fund«. The ability to walk away from unsafe, degrading, abusive, or socially useless work forces employers to compete not just on subsistence wages, but on working conditions, dignity, and fair compensation. #ECIUBI2027 #basicincome #UBI

»Durch ein Grundeinkommen könnte die staatlich verfaßte Gesellschaft einen Freiraum schaffen, durch den die Menschen befähigt werden, in kleinen sozialen Netzen gemeinsame Selbsthilfe zu initiieren, die nicht nur den Sozialstaat materiell entlasten, sondern den Aufbau von Orten der menschlichen Begegnung fördern, in denen die Menschen den Sinn eigener Leistungsbereitschaft, das Vertrauen in die eigene Leistungsfähigkeit und neue Formen des Umgangs miteinander lernen könnten.« Lieselotte Wohlgennant, Herwig Büchele in »Grundeinkommen ohne Arbeit, 1985 #grundeinkommen #bge #ubi #basicincome #eciubi2027

Recent data from research groups like METR and the UK AI Security Institute shows that AI task-handling capabilities and time horizons are doubling approximately every 4 to 7 months. It makes sense to push for basic income now, while our labor is still needed and we still have bargaining power. #ECIUBI2027 #basicincome #UBI

»Through a basic income, state-organized society could create a sphere of freedom through which people are empowered to initiate collective self-help within small social networks. This would not only provide material relief to the welfare state, but also foster the creation of spaces for human encounter, where people could discover the meaning of their own willingness to contribute, build confidence in their own capabilities, and learn new ways of relating to one another.« -- Lieselotte Wohlgenannt, Herwig Büchele in »Grundeinkommen ohne Arbeit« (Basic Income Without Work), 1985 #ECIUBI2027 #basicincome #ubi Also see: https://grundeinkommen.at/a/wohlgenannt/ https://basic-income.eu

Pope Francis on Basic Income: »The UBI could reshape relations in the labor market, guaranteeing people the dignity of refusing employment terms that trap them in poverty. It would give people the basic security they need, remove the stigma of welfarism, and make it easier to move between jobs as technology-driven labor patterns increasingly demand. Policies like the UBI can also help free people to combine earning wages with giving time to the community. « -- Pope Francis in »Let us Dream« (2020) #eciubi2027 #basicincome #UBI #pope

t-63: only 9 weeks left till the start of the ECI on Basic Income => come and join us and help make the campaign a success! https://basic-income.eu info@basic-income.eu #eciubi2027 #basicincome #ubi

Bertrand Russell on Basic Income: Russell, author of »Principia Mathematica« and a founder of analytic philosophy, was also in favor of a basic income. He writes: »Anarchism has the advantage as regards liberty, Socialism as regards the inducements to work. Can we not find a method of combining these two advantages? It seems to me that we can. [..] Stated in more familiar terms, the plan we are advocating amounts essentially to this: that a certain small income, sufficient for necessaries, should be secured to all, whether they work or not [..].« https://basic-income.eu #eciubi2027 #ubi #basicincome

Why aren't trade unions promoting the green transformation more? A trade union leader explains: »But you have to understand, the union also has members who work at the airline.« Now we have a problem: if many people's income depends on doing the jobs they already have, then transforming our society becomes difficult. Thus, it follows: Basic Income is a precondition for a social and ecological transformation of our society. #basicincome #ubi #eciubi2027

The map is getting filled with UBI cities https://basic-income.eu/cities Come join our campaign.. #eciubi2027 #basicincome #ubi

Our ECI starts on the 4th of January 2027. Today (Monday, 26. Oct. 2026), there are only: 70 days (10 weeks) left. Come join us and help us prepare the ECI. Contact us at info@basic-income.eu https://basic-income.eu #UBI #ECIUBI2027 #basicincome

»The dignity of the individual will flourish when the decisions concerning his life are in his own hands, when he has the assurance that his income is stable and certain, and when he knows that he has the means to seek self-improvement.« -- Martin Luther King Jr. he supported #BasicIncome #eciubi2027 #ubi

Our next public online meeting: We try to hold it on TikTok Live this time. Maybe reaching a new audience? Join us on: Wed 21.10.2026, 18:00 CEST Get the latetest news about our ECI and learn how you can support us. https://basic-income.eu/live #ECIUBI2027 #UBI #BasicIncome

Today, Friday 16th of October, 2026, there are only 80 days left till the start of our ECI. Come join us and help us prepare the ECI. Help us make it a success. Contact us at info@basic-income.eu #eciubi2027 #ubi #basicincome

»AI may become radically more powerful over the next 10 years. This could drive an unprecedented transformation of our economy, larger than the Industrial Revolution, but unfolding over a vastly shorter timeframe. It could bring risks, including large-scale job displacement, [..]« From the »We Must Act Now« initiative (wemustactnow.ai) Signed by dozens of Nobel laureates, including Paul Krugman, Joseph Stiglitz, and others. Given current developments, it will likely happen much faster than 10 years. #AI #ECIUBI2027 #UBI #BasicIncome