&gt; I think it is important to understand that the technocratic egalitarianism advocated nowadays in Silicon Valley circles is a poor rehash of Marxist notions.<p>I don&#x27;t think that&#x27;s what they&#x27;re proposing at all.  And if you want me to believe it, you&#x27;re going to have to do more than claim it&#x27;s true.<p>What, specifically, do you see in either the idea of basic income or in &quot;technocratic egalitarianism&quot; that is <i>inherently</i> Marxist (as opposed to being merely superficially similar in some respects)?