Aside from all the other stuff that people are pointing out, the &#x27;human nature&#x27; and motivation argument is a bit stale at this point. We existed in communal hunter-gatherer societies for millennia before our current system emerged, and tons of research has shown that money is a cosnsitently bad motivator for creative productivity. People like pretty pictures so here&#x27;s an old RSA animate on the issue: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc</a><p>There are shortcomings with ideas like basic income, but I don&#x27;t think the ones you&#x27;ve mentioned are particularly valid.