I think the premise of this is wrong. 1. It paints an idealistic picture of the state: > It’s true that we have systems in place to give people > resources,

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