This was practically the panacea of 20th century liberalism - the idea of state retirement income being unconditional was fundamental to post WW2 society in all

This was practically the panacea of 20th century liberalism - the idea of state retirement income being unconditional was fundamental to post WW2 society in all western democracies and become a cornerstone of growth in the era. How could you fathom being successful in business while you had to care for your parents? In the same sense, that will apply to basically everyone in this century in regards to technological unemployability. We could either stifle our society with the burden of social unrest involving the unemployable and underemployed, or we could just give them the money to take care of themselves so anyone who can still be productive will be able to.