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[Why Basic Income?]

It's a nice thought, but I feel like it couldn't stand in a real circumstance. Whenever universal funded care is mentioned, we often forget the consequences of such actions. If there was a basic income to pay everybody to have a sustainable living environment, some imbalance would have to be in place in order to do that. If that money would come from the government, it would actually come from taxing the people, decreasing the aggregate demand.

This is all just theory in my opinion, but once you have money funneling into every impoverished person in the country, that's less money going into businesses (which pay the income to working people). I don't think throwing money at the problem will fix anything.

Instead, we should be focusing on growing the employment market (perhaps making people more qualified for technological jobs). If there's a way to make more jobs available to those who are impoverished, than that would possibly solve the problem.

Kinda like that saying, "If you give a man a fish, you'll feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, you'll feed him for a lifetime"

But this is all just theory, I'm in no way qualified to be making accurate assumptions

adamanimates responds:

I appreciate the honesty.

I think that we can focus on job training, but the problem is there are already too many qualified people for available jobs. You could expand the job market by expanding public funding for the massive infrastructure projects that need to happen. There is much evidence that public works projects are good for the economy and reducing unemployment, and I'm totally in favor of them.

But even that can only be a short term solution, if technology makes it so that humans aren't as efficient at the work that needs to be done.

Regarding your point about less money for business, people tend to spend money when they need things. It mostly all goes back into the economy, and that means new markets for businesses.

The saying about fish doesn't work if you can't afford a fishing rod. Maybe you might watch this video about the basic income study in India.... It's very relevant to your point at around 9:30:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWW9XY27ocI

[Edgy Stuff]

Try making more frames and adding sound. Aesthetics are nice, but explicit storytelling and movement are pretty crucial to animations. It's hard work, but your work has potential. keep working at it, man! :)

sadsorcer responds:

Thank you for kind words. I'am thinking on using bone tools for character animation, because frame by frame method is surely time and nerve consuming.

[Bugged Out]

This is great, man! I like how thought out it is, it really shows. It was really overall great, though I do think the back grounds need a little work and the jumping animations at 0:11 and 2:59 could probably use a bit more emphasis on stretching to give it a little more umphf. I loved it, though, so keeping making good material, dude!

TallBird responds:

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Yeah I've never been too great a backgrounds... I gotta practice that along with pushing my poses lol Thanks a lot for the feedback!