That’s a rather simplistic view. For one, your base needs might be food and shelter but within Average Joe’s social circle his base needs may be... - Ford F-1

That’s a rather simplistic view. For one, your base needs might be food and shelter but within Average Joe’s social circle his base needs may be... - Ford F-150 - Cable TV - Time for hobbies - NASCAR tickets UBI doesn’t solve for people’s need to be superior. Solution: Cap executive pay and return more shareholder value/wealth to employees. You’re not going to achieve equality but you can make sure that more wealth is returned to society while preserving their need for superiority. “The bottom 80% of Americans own 8% of stock market wealth and the bottom half own essentially zero.” - Andrew Yang