I'm confused. Is the article arguing that UBI leads to more inequality rather than less? What would then lead to less inequality? > modern citizens under this

I'm confused. Is the article arguing that UBI leads to more inequality rather than less? What would then lead to less inequality? > modern citizens under this system are freed from work only to be permanently trapped as captive consumers. Wat? Trapped in what? This makes zero sense to me. > The real issue is not whether machines will take our jobs, but why we should accept a system where we only exist to pass cash back to tech corporations. What is the proposed alternative? The (rather bad) alternative I see is no UBI and let the masses starve...