I met a fantastic Steemian during the fest @shla-rafia. He pretty much admitted he did not do stuff that he should've have done when he was younger, but now making up for it etc. He's actually spoken to like a thousand people on the street about Steemit, and I really think it's great there's a tool like Steem for anyone from all walks of life to use it. I think governments would generally find basic income difficult to pass through..
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In their most naive form, a universal basic income is probably hard to achieve at the level of a country.
I however like to be naive sometimes... What I can imagine is that there are systems of a size much smaller than a country size where a universal basic income would be easier to manage than for a country. Then, one can make tests, analyse data and probably infer a decent cost-benefit analysis. From that point, we can then get to conclusive statements, in particular about a practical implementation of a universal basic income and its viability on larger scales.
I remember having read in the past about discussions on practical implementations of a basic income, but I have not followed. After a quick chat with google, I haven't found any update (but I am in the train with a sporadic internet connection so that I cannot search very deeply).
I thought places like California are gonna do a trial run.. but that's based on stuff I read on Facebook news which could be fake. I think it's especially doable with automation.
Automated produce --> Basic income for the people ?