@scottsantens@hachyderm.io I'm in favor of UBI, but this is bullshit reasoning. We already know why poverty exists. We don't need to imagine that there are brilliant philosophers or artists who haven't yet graced us with their work solely because they're broke. UBI is the moral and sensible* thing to do, even if everyone it goes to is just average. *Assuming it also comes with inflation controls to avoid making the extra circulating money a wash