[Thimothy]

It's curious how the traditional protestant work ethics (laziness is sinful, salvation through hard work, etc.) that have been so useful in the past centuries (Finland being one of the best examples of where a impoverish country can get through hard work and stubbornness) are kicking you in the back now that simply there is no more work to be done.

I suppose that universal income would be much easier to accept, politically and socially, in southern Europe, where living from the state doing the less work possible is already applauded and something a lot of people strive for. Of course, in order to implement something like universal income we would need to get our shit together first, and that is just not going to happen.

Anyway, I wonder if there is a country in the EU with a chance of implementing it in a generation. It should be a country without a big immigration problem, not overly protestant, not too big, with a grip on themselves and their politics... Ireland, maybe?

Outside the EU, Switzerland is the obvious choice (I heard that they are already looking into it). I hope they finally decide to do it as, if it works, it would probably trigger a lot of discussion in all Europe.