Traditionally, in the West, the Church ran charities to help the poor. Tithing and charitable giving contributed to the coffers managed by, say, local monasteri

Traditionally, in the West, the Church ran charities to help the poor. Tithing and charitable giving contributed to the coffers managed by, say, local monasteries. Communities also helped each other out on an as-needed basis, In both cases, help was local and this meant insight into the particular situation of each person who needed it (hence the superiority of the principle of subsidiarity). In both cases, no politicians were involved. In the West, with the kicking out of the Church from the public sphere and the rise of hyperindividualism, many of the good works performed by the Church and the community was arrogated by the State. The State is now the uncontested institution, it is now the Church. Now these things become subject to and embroiled in all sorts considerations unrelated to the basic problem of dealing with someone in need. UBI entrenches the very isolating hyperindividualism that ruined the family and destroyed the resulting communities.