What comments like this does not realize is that moving 1-2k usd into the hands of the people is democratizing the expenditure.
Suddenly musk, bezos and friends do not decide what people work on - people do.
Suddenly musk, bezos and friends do not decide what people work on - people do.
The current oligarch structure lets very few people decide what people use their time on.
In more equal societies, the decision of use of time is a democratic process.