Générosité (2010) Drawing by Pierre Andrillon (Jasinski)

Basic income and health Be yourself! This is the advice given today by fashionable “coaches”. They succeed the “directors of conscience” of yesteryear who advocated self-forgetfulness and disinterestedness. Today, we think about ourselves. You have to be the best, the star. Throughout schooling and studies, we take exams. You have to succeed, no matter what. The grandes écoles and high salaries are reserved for the top of the class. It is obvious that with such a “philosophy” we quickly find ourselves with - very schematically - three major social categories. On the one hand, there are those who know. They are organized in networks. More or less above the law, anything is allowed. At the other end of the pyramid are the forgotten, the excluded and the injured in life. Completely unorganized, they are away from the laws, especially those which they could use to subsist. Finally, the majority lose steam in jobs for which they have no interest, except that of survival. Human history provides us with proof that neither the current system of functioning of societies nor those which preceded it satisfy us. We are still sick. To cure durably, it becomes urgent to try something else. Yes, to be in good health, you certainly have to be yourself. Maybe start by making peace with yourself, then with others and with everything around you? But how to get there in the reigning confusion? How to be safe, to have its subsistence plot and to be respected in the ambient system? The planet is full of riches. Wouldn't it be better to distribute them? Wouldn't the concept of providing unconditional income to all people be a solution? Perhaps it would allow everyone to realize themselves, to live their passion and even to live from it. Would we see the blooming of an abundance of unveiled creativity, released energy, revealed talents? Did you say utopia? I urge you to promote “basic income”. Many people have been working there for a long time in Europe. Far from constituting a proof of generosity, this is a very self-interested approach. Perhaps this is a health solution for humanity? PA