> Not only does Dunstan turn any belief that wealth should be earned into rubbish, he also persuaded himself that he, Dunstan, deserved the gold that Silas really had earned with his weaving.
Like UBI.
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Dunstan believed that he deserved the gold and Silas did not. UBI says that Dunstan deserves some gold, wastrel though he is, but also that Silas deserves some, not because he's so productive but just because he's human. And, on top of it, Silas deserves to keep at least some of what he earns - UBI is not pure communism.
I mean, you can still oppose UBI on the ground that it takes too much from those who actually produce it. But at least represent it accurately.