It's to prevent armed riots when millions of people have no means to exist. It's definitely not to empower people to let them take more risk, start a business o

It's to prevent armed riots when millions of people have no means to exist. It's definitely not to empower people to let them take more risk, start a business or anything like that. For this reason, UBI will be just enough to pay for cheapest food and cheapest housing. And if someone dares to take risks, start a business or just work, that someone will be stripped from UBI, only to prevent such activity. In the era of automation and AI, the rich don't need these millions of hyper active men who have a lot of spare time, and since they can't just eliminate them, they'll create a system in which any activity is discouraged. Call me cynical, but I'll be really surprised if I happen to be wrong.