In Raëlian literature, humanitarianism is a collection of economic ideas designed by

Raël Raël (born Claude Maurice Marcel Vorilhon, 30 September 1946),Cult leader Raël ...

(

pseudonym A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true meaning ( orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individual's o ...

of Claude Vorilhon) to complement

geniocracy Geniocracy is the framework for a system of government which was first proposed by Raël (leader of the International Raëlian Movement) in 1977 and which advocates a certain minimal criterion of intelligence for political candidates and also ...

Name

There is no official name for the economic ideas, but – according to

Raël Raël (born Claude Maurice Marcel Vorilhon, 30 September 1946),Cult leader Raël ...

's book '' Intelligent Design: Message from the Designers'' – "humanitarianism" is one of the names initially suggested by the (god-like aliens), and is the name of the ideology onwards. Intelligent Design: Message from the Designers,(2006) p.98

Relation with capitalism

Humanitarianism accepts the

capitalist Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their use for the purpose of obtaining profit. This socioeconomic system has developed historically through several stages and is defined by ...

notion that through

competition Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, indi ...

and technological

innovation Innovation is the practical implementation of ideas that result in the introduction of new goods or service (economics), services or improvement in offering goods or services. ISO TC 279 in the standard ISO 56000:2020 defines innovation as "a n ...

, some companies may install

automation Automation describes a wide range of technologies that reduce human intervention in processes, mainly by predetermining decision criteria, subprocess relationships, and related actions, as well as embodying those predeterminations in machine ...

in an attempt to reduce costs, which replaces jobs and reduces the ''aggregate'' consumer base. ''As long as'' there are industries which have not reached maturity, the employment will return to a natural level, as will the consumer base. In the framework of humanitarianism, capitalism is considered to be the best way for industries to mature in the long run. In place once maturity of all industries is close at hand, automation is seen to ''eliminate'' jobs at a rate faster than new industries can introduce. If the economic system is not reformed around this time, this not only reduces aggregate consumer base, but also the total consumer base, resulting in poverty despite normal levels of output. Reflecting on history, the author of humanitarianism, Claude Vorilhon, suggested that all employees whose labor was replaced by automation should have received supplemental income and that all individuals should receive minimal existence revenue (their fair share of what automation has to offer). Humanitarianism supports the implementation of a

basic income Universal basic income (UBI) is a social welfare proposal in which all citizens of a given population regularly receive a minimum income in the form of an unconditional transfer payment, i.e., without a means test or need to perform Work (hu ...

. In Claude Vorilhon's book ''Geniocracy'', he writes: In book 1 of 3 in Claude Vorilhon's ''Intelligent Design'' was a text allegedly narrated by

Yahweh Yahweh was an Ancient Semitic religion, ancient Semitic deity of Weather god, weather and List of war deities, war in the History of the ancient Levant, ancient Levant, the national god of the kingdoms of Kingdom of Judah, Judah and Kingdom ...

, who according to him, is a humanoid extraterrestrial responsible for the creation of life on earth:

Economic rent

One way to aid such an effort, Raëlians believe, is by changing how property is exploited. According to the Raëlian Messages, the following was another official message from Yahweh: Under most capitalistic systems, money is created by issuing

debt Debt is an obligation that requires one party, the debtor, to pay money Loan, borrowed or otherwise withheld from another party, the creditor. Debt may be owed by a sovereign state or country, local government, company, or an individual. Co ...

and is not necessarily introduced at birth. Instead of property ownership, the humanitarianism described in the Raëlian Messages involves of long-duration rent (an idea held by many proponents of

georgism Georgism, in modern times also called Geoism, and known historically as the single tax movement, is an economic ideology holding that people should own the value that they produce themselves, while the economic rent derived from land—includ ...

). In the Raëlian idea of humanitarianism, this should even apply in the case of businesses (as well as land): Under humanitarianism, the only legal inheritance is the family home.He wasn't born again – he saw little green men / Founder of Raelian religion seeks secret to immortality
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References

Sources

*Raël,
Geniocracy
'. The Raëlian Foundation, 2004. *Raël,
Intelligent Design: Message from the Designers
'. Nova Dist., 2006. . – Published in 1973, 1975, and 1979.

External links

* http://marshallbrain.com/robotic-nation.htm – ''Robotic Nation'' series by Marshall Brain of

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