weirdly enough - this has been a turning point for me for UBI - I used to see it as a universal good - whereas now I’m starting to fear it will end up being implemented by the oligarchs to ensure they stay in power and avoid revolts - and we’ll end up with an extreme level of inequality where the handful of automation owners will have unlimited power and control (by virtue of “their” machines providing the UBI for the masses) at which point they’ll be untouchable and everyone else will have no agency, under constant surveillance and with the punishment for any attempt to dethrone them being to take away their UBI and let them die on the streets.

I just find it scary how something with massive potential for good will be turned into the ultimate form of control.