Being against UBI is totally fine.
But so many of the arguments people make against it insult my intelligence.
For example, the idea that if people aren't forced to work, they will lose all meaning.
Many people dislike their jobs so much that they would trade working just to survive for the possibilities downtime opens up. Since when do we find meaning in doing something we despise?
Has work for survival become our new idol?
What about spiritual work, reading and studying, teaching, family time, growing food, working out, enjoying hobbies, and so forth?
I'd flip this whole conversation—the fact that so many people think work is the primary source of meaning is a bigger problem than people having the option not to work.
And UBI wouldn’t make working impossible; it just means people could be much more selective about what kind of work they do.
That’s freedom and agency at its best.