I think it’s good to separate out the two problems.
What state do you prefer? What state does it make sense to work to support, given political viability?
Honestly signaling what you prefer allows the possibility of people seeing that you prefer it too. Political viability for what you’d prefer can be increased by signaling that you prefer it.
For many of the programs we are currently implementing to support poor people, I would prefer a guaranteed minimum income to those programs. If the costs of working towards such a state were not greater than the benefits, I would endorse working towards such a state.
I think it’s good to separate out the two problems.
What state do you prefer? What state does it make sense to work to support, given political viability?
Honestly signaling what you prefer allows the possibility of people seeing that you prefer it too. Political viability for what you’d prefer can be increased by signaling that you prefer it.
I thought I’d answered that?
For many of the programs we are currently implementing to support poor people, I would prefer a guaranteed minimum income to those programs. If the costs of working towards such a state were not greater than the benefits, I would endorse working towards such a state.