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What convinced me to support basic income was that I determined that it could be a first step toward a transition to a resource based economy.

Hearing about more people working more gig jobs, rising homelessness all around and the sense that wages and social supports just weren't keeping up anymore. Then I decided to start learning about it and was stunned by the history and the potential displayed in multiple pilot results.

My love of Star Trek.

Common sense.

Understanding how expensive it is to be poor.

Right wing mayor of São Paulo wanted to solve hunger with a powder made of expired food. So... money to people buy food in the market? No. Money to make this stupid process? Yes. Come on... This and years listen to Eduardo Suplicy of course.

Nothing convinced me. I simply have empathy and therefore it was never something that I needed to be convinced of, myself. It may have helped that I'm a lifelong disabled autistic who has to rely on government aid & receive under 70% of the poverty line in monthly support, though, to be honest.