Also, poverty is relative. The cost of living has soared, alongside a nice boost to production, naturally crushing the livelihoods and a large number of people

Also, poverty is relative. The cost of living has soared, alongside a nice boost to production, naturally crushing the livelihoods and a large number of people under the weight of it or as a consequence in a vicious cycle. This cycle makes it worse and worse. There's some theoretical point that UBI is supposed to offset, presciently, but bo human culture has solved this problem completely, and there is no profit in doing so for the US. I'm not sure this article is more than a talking head piece (a mild interview) from a "disruption of the status quo" character.