The left needs to abandon its miserable, irrational pessimism | Aaron Bastani

Just 19% of Americans expect their children’s lives to be better than their own.

Two-thirds believe their country will be economically weaker by 2050 .

But Silicon Valley is one sliver of society where optimism still reigns supreme.

For a long time technological utopianism was a leftwing idea.

Supporters of market capitalism and a minimal state are most optimistic about the future.

Universal Basic Services ( UBS ) comprise housing, healthcare, transport and education.

Accessing them should be viewed as necessary for any citizen to fully participate in economic life.

Markets would still exist for things like cars, or silk ties, but the logic of profit wouldn’t apply to UBS .