<i>giving people enough money to live on with no strings attached</i><p>There&#x27;s always strings attached, either directly or indirectly.<p><i>50 years from now, I think it will seem ridiculous that we used fear of not being able to eat as a way to motivate people.</i><p>Considering current political trends, I find it significantly likely that in 50 years government would use fear of many different things as a tactic to &quot;motivate&quot; people (food among them).