No one said anything about devoted entirely to art and culture; I said there are other things that fulfill people besides work. Also aristocracy's issues weren'

No one said anything about devoted entirely to art and culture; I said there are other things that fulfill people besides work. Also aristocracy's issues weren't art and culture, it was wealth and power that lead their degenerating because as we all know power corrupts. So no, basic income is not pretty much the same, in fact they're nothing at all alike.