The future for America: Tech, politics, and civil rights

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Panel argues automation erased 4 million jobs in Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and will hollow out retail, trucking and call centers; a proposed $1,000 per month universal basic income funded by a VAT on automation winners is claimed to create 4.5 million jobs and add $2.5 trillion to the economy; evidence cited includes 138+ ACLU lawsuits since inauguration, 18,000 disenfranchised voters in one Kansas district, 59% of Americans unable to cover a $500 emergency, and average grassroots donations of $27 to show small-dollar viability.

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1. 0:00Introduction and overview
2. 1:31ACLU civil liberties concerns
3. 4:43Running for president
4. 6:50Economic roots of dysfunction
5. 9:18Minimum wage and automation
6. 11:05Media bias and civil rights
7. 13:58Money in politics
8. 16:27Restoring democracy
9. 18:33Q&A and closing

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