But now (i.e., the short term) is when we're all living. I don't pay my rent based on the long term benefits of the elimination of my job. By using "them" to

But now (i.e., the short term) is when we're all living. I don't pay my rent based on the long term benefits of the elimination of my job. By using "them" to generically refer to all workers, past present and future, it sounds like you're saying "Today's workers are screwed, but the next generation of non-rich people will be fine". You can't just tell people that a machine eliminated their job starting next month therefore they should be happy. It's going to get a lot rougher for a lot of people before UBI is implemented.