Free Lunch Society

The unconditional basic income means money for all - as a human right without consideration! Visionary reform project, neoliberal axe to the roots of the welfare state or socially romantic leftist utopia? Depending on its nature and scope, the basic income shows very different ideological faces. The decisive factor is one's own view of humanity, which side of the coin one sees: Inactivity as a sweet poison that tempts people to laziness, or freedom from material constraints as an opportunity, for oneself and for the community. Do we really need the whip of existential angst in order not to decay inertly in front of the television? Or is it not because paid work gives our lives meaning and social support, because we have not known it any other way for centuries? And because we have never had the freedom to realize ourselves differently? Undeniably, basic income is a powerful idea: land, water and air are gifts of nature. They are different from private property earned by individuals. But when we draw wealth from nature, from common resources, that wealth belongs equally to all of us. From Alaska's oil fields to the Canadian prairies, to Washington's think tanks and the Namibian savannah, the film takes us on a great journey, showing us what the driverless car has to do with the ideas of a German billionaire and a Swiss popular initiative. FREE LUNCH SOCIETY, as the world's first feature film about basic income, is dedicated to one of the most crucial questions of our time.