This is why I favor a libertarian Marxist analysis of economic change over UBI strategies. What I mean by libertarian Marxism is essentially what Richard Wolff

This is why I favor a libertarian Marxist analysis of economic change over UBI strategies. What I mean by libertarian Marxism is essentially what Richard Wolff advocates - that instead of an economy comprised primarily of top-down managed firms, we transition to an economy of worker owned cooperatives (still within a free market). This moves real economic decision making power to a broad base of the population rather than in minority hands. This fulfills the goal of worker ownership of the means of production in a fully voluntary system. The problem with UBI is that economic decision making stays within the hands of a small minority, who then tilt the whole economy in their favor. This is why worker ownership of the means of production (or as I like to say, community ownership of the means of production) is so important. What’s important to understand is that this is a mechanistic choice for how to run an economy. We can choose to do this voluntary because we recognize the value this arrangement offers to most people. It does not need to be done by force as attempted by autocrats in the 20th century. In any case, it requires less force than UBI!