[fennecfoxen]

> the phrase about leaving it to someone who hasn't toiled for it is a rhetorical device to emphasize the futility of the labor, not a condemnation of welfare.

I wasn't asked about welfare, that you should correct me by defending the concept. I wasn't asked about someone just scraping by on a 60-hour work week. I was asked about someone who seeks an outlet for self-expression by making indie video games on society's dime. With this in mind, I reiterate: the fact that a would-be indie video game developer reaches for a future with UBI to achieve that is a strike against UBI being an effective vehicle for effecting charitable aims.

The description of Ecclesiastes was, "this also is vanity, and a great evil." You are right that there is a rhetorical device present, and that it highlights the futility of the labor, but it is an affront to the text to say that the thing described as "a great evil" is not, in fact, evil at all. The rhetorical device here highlights the futility by demonstrating and condemning its consequence. You are right that this is different than charity; so, too, is the dream of being paid to make indie video games.