I think the premise of this is wrong.<p>1. It paints an idealistic picture of the state:<p>&gt; It’s true that we have systems in place to give people 
&gt; resources, but the bureaucracy and qualification 
&gt; requirements make it a very imperfect approximation of what 
&gt; most people mean when talking about a basic income.<p>I&#x27;d suggest to ask why there is this bureaucracy in the first place. I&#x27;d suggest it does its job perfectly well.<p>2. It paints an idealistic picture of the capitalist economy:<p>&gt; I think it’s good to start studying this early.  I’m fairly 
&gt; confident that at some point in the future, as technology 
&gt; continues to eliminate traditional jobs and massive new 
&gt; wealth gets created, we’re going to see some version of 
&gt; this at a national scale.<p>Machines do not destroy jobs. The social purpose for which they are used - profit - makes and destroys job. Put differently, I&#x27;d suggest to ask why this economy produces mass poverty when it gets easier to produce stuff.<p>I recommend <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gegen-kapital-und-nation.org&#x2F;en&#x2F;what-wrong-free-money&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gegen-kapital-und-nation.org&#x2F;en&#x2F;what-wrong-free-mone...</a>