This is a thought provoking post @adconner, very well presented so you earn my upvote, resteem and promotion. I think when you boil it down to brass tacks at the end of the day, while UBI would benefit billions it would greatly diminish the lifestyle of millions. Those millions fully encompass 'the Elite' whose power hungry drive will never succumb to offer such pittance . . . . UNLESS - there is something in it for them.....
LQQK out -