> "A peasant's most valuable asset was his mind as well" All jobs require a certain level of intelligence to do, that much is true, but the call for creative t

> "A peasant's most valuable asset was his mind as well" All jobs require a certain level of intelligence to do, that much is true, but the call for creative thinking does vary from job to job, and there are plenty of jobs that are largely repetitive. As for the historical solution, I'm sure UBI and population control aren't mutually exclusive, though I don't think it'll ever fly that population control only applies to the poor, if it's going to happen it should be applied across the board (i.e. to the rich too). This has the added benefit of making it in everyone's interests to find better solutions to overpopulation than forcing people not to have kids (it should ideally be voluntary if it's ever needed).