Sorry to just jump in here, but growth isn't for everyone. If some people don't want to work, I'd rather pay them to get out of the way than risk the chance of them adding negative net value.
That’s the other major issue of UBI — it’s an ideal tool for ghettoization, if those in power decide it’s more profitable to give “undesirables” just enough that they’ll get out of the way — and stay there, quietly.
The wealth and culture gap would become nearly insurmountable for anyone otherwise capable of upward mobility out of the UBI class.
The wealth and culture gap would become nearly insurmountable for anyone otherwise capable of upward mobility out of the UBI class.