Unconditional Basic Income as the Social Vaccine of the 21st Century: It’s less costly to avoid problems from ever happening, than it is to fix problems once they do. It also happens to be the entire logic behind the vaccine, and its my belief that unconditional basic income has the same potential.

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[–]Oof_Too_Humid 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

So now it's not Universal Basic Income, now the marketing is Unconditional Basic Income. OK, well there's no way it will be unconditional. If the government is distributing it, there will be conditions. And that means the government will wield its power.
If UBI is electronic direct deposit, then they can easily punish any dissent by switching it off. You said it yourself in the title of your post "It's less costly to avoid problems from ever happening, than it is to fix problems once they do." Here, "problems" could easily translate to revolution. Just pay off the masses with UBI, and silence dissenters by turning off the spigot. Sounds great.

[–]Monoceros 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

silence dissenters by turning off the spigot

Interesting point. Still, it's hard to revolt when you're struggling, living paycheck to paycheck. The risk of missing a shift and getting laid off keeps revolution at bay. If they turned off the spigot, you'd get a revolution right quick. Perhaps.