UBI is the equivalent of watering a plant so that it can survive and thrive.
We don't expect a plant to earn the right to live and grow, I don't see why that logic shouldn't also apply to humans.

A better alternative is to give people's votes a subtractive quality. If people could choose to use their vote to subtract one vote from the candidate they hate the most, more people would vote.

You know the stereotype of the racist uncle at thanksgiving? You're the other uncle that admonishes someone for raising their voice to interrupt one of his drunken slur-filled tirades.

My god this is such a stupid fucking take. He could have taken measures to get rid of ICE but instead he made their operations run smoother, and somehow that's a good thing

It's worth noting that though she reared back to hit him, she backed off once someone restrained the guy, because beating someone while they're being restrained by others is a coward's tactic.