There are two kinds of libertarians: the consequentialists who think a libertarian system (small government) would lead to overall better outcomes for society a

There are two kinds of libertarians: the consequentialists who think a libertarian system (small government) would lead to overall better outcomes for society and the deontologists who think individual liberty and the non-aggression principle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-aggression_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-aggression_principle) are morally superior philosophies (and everyone in between). I personally fall in the first camp while sympathetic to the moral arguments. I would support basic income as it gets us closer to a libertarian system as opposed to status quo and has an actual chance of happening. Milton Friedman, a key figure of the modern libertarian movement and a Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences recipient, was also a proponent for similar reasons (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Friedman#Social_security.2C_welfare_programs.2C_and_negative_income_tax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Friedman#Social_securit...). If you're genuinely interested in learning more about libertarianism from a consequentialist perspective, I would strongly recommend the "Free to Chose" tv series by Milton Friedman which is freely available here: http://www.freetochoose.tv/ftc80.php http://www.freetochoose.tv/ftc80.php. I was in the "statist" camp for most of my life because I had never been fairly exposed to the other side of the medal and this series is what pushed me to dig more into the subject.