UNIVERSAL INCOME IS A GOVERNMENTAL DECEPTION, A LIE, AND A BIG TRAP

UNIVERSAL INCOME IS A GOVERNMENTAL DECEPTION, A LIE, AND A BIG TRAP

Perhaps for the first time in human history, our granted access to natural recourses, i.e. through labor and human skills in general, has been fully replaced by technology. There is no doubt that this is unprecedented, to the extent that serious questions are being raised with regard to the future of humanity, or, better to say, the modern government is trying to make this case, meaning, that our role as humans will be put in question.

In order to understand properly every issue or problem, I think one must approach it both specifically and wholesomely, as well as by bringing into the picture the very fundamental principles and truths of life.

The truth of the matter is that almost all the roles of humans, such as labor, professional skills, services, and even roles which have to do with data analysis, thinking, or decision making are fully replicated by the advanced technology. From the very simple manual tasks to the most complicated and difficult human work, including fields such as health care, education, judiciary, technology operation of all kinds, art etc. are all being replaced by technology and artificial intelligence.

Consequently, the modern industry will have a significantly smaller demand for human role, not to say eventually the demand will approach frightening point of zero. In other words, it will be extremely difficult for people to find a job because what we can offer as humans, such as physical work and professional skills, are not needed any more. This is unprecedented.

Naturally, everyone of us wonders how we are going to live, how we are going to earn income, and how we are going to pay the monthly bills, without even thinking at the moment about the psychological and spiritual challenges that we are going to face in the age of ‘valueless’ humans.

In this regard, one of the obtrusive solutions that has been proposed by the modern government or the ruling elite is the concept of the Universal Income (UI). They say that each citizen will receive an income from the government regardless of the economic status, understandably enough to cover basic expenses. In fact, countries such as Canada have even experimented with the idea of the UI through pilot projects.

While we all agree that humanity is about to experience one of the most interesting and perhaps most challenging times of human history, I believe that the solution is not complicated even though it could be very difficult, ambitious, and easier said than done. At the same time, the solution to the problem requires an outside-the-box approach, something which, I think, only the religion can offer, more particularly, the religion of Islam as the only authentic divine religion.

When the modern government proposes to offer us a guaranteed monthly income regardless of our economic status, we can infer from this seemingly bold economic remedy that the technological replacement of humans cannot be challenged. We take it as a fact. In plain language, the Government is trying to convince us that the replacement of humans by technology is an inevitable phenomenon that we must learn to cope with and adapt to the new situation.

The truth of the matter is that it is not the technology replacing us, but the modern government. It is a political decision, not a transformation of the reality. The sun still rises from the east, the water still is vital to the existence of life, photosynthesis remains the same, and human needs have not changed, be it physiological, psychological, or spiritual. Likewise, technology has not come to us to tell us that we must not fulfill our needs; it is the Government the one imposing on us limitation to fulfill our needs, which is to say, restricting our access to natural resources.

So, the modern technology is not replacing us; it is simply transforming our relation with the Government. In the past, the role of the government was to put order in the society in order to have a disciplined access to natural resources while we possessed in our hands leverage or a card. People used their individual skills and labor in order to earn income and, by extension, feed themselves without each having a direct access to natural resources. We were in need of each other. That was the very underlying concept which built civilizations.

For better or for worse, the modern government has disturbed this balanced. Our professional skills and physical work are about to lose value within the political organization of human society. This does not necessarily raise questions about our role as humans, but, indeed, it puts a question on the validity and the viability of the current political organization of the society.

To say that technology replaces humans – therefore, we have to panic about the future because we can no longer find a job, this is true only within the current political organization of the society. However, the highly advanced technology is not preventing us from having access directly to the nature, by growing food and keeping livestock.

Therefore, the problem that we are facing is purely political, not technological. Whether we can have access directly to the land, to grow food and raise livestock in order to feed ourselves, this will face political challenges, rather than technological.

The nature has not changed. If one’s muscles or professional skills are not demanded by the market (of the current political organization of the society), then he or she has to find another way to use his or her muscles and professional skills, such as by going directly to the nature.

Thus, it is wrong and very misleading to say that technology will replace humans. It will only render the current political system as dysfunctional. While within the current political system we might be considered as redundant, this does not prevent us to look for solutions in order to survive. After all, the land belongs to God, and the land of God is wide, so we have the God-given right to strive for survival.

In order to avoid exactly this search of humans for survival, especially if that search is guided by religious instructions as revealed by God, which could render the modern government as actually the main problem that we have, the Government is trying to appease us with deceptive remedies, such as universal income, which will remain never become a reality, anyway. In other words, as if the Government is saying, “technology has put you in a very difficult situation (you are useless), but I (the Government) will give you some money out of generosity in order to help you survive.” Very cunningly, the Government is trying to portray the situation as a natural catastrophe, and not as a human made problem.

As for the Universal Income, it will never be a solution. First, the Government cannot be trusted. We are paying more taxes, prices are becoming increasingly unaffordable, healthcare is deteriorating, so a government that not tackling positively things which are within its domain currently, how can we trust such a government to give us in the future an unconditional income?!

To reiterate, the biggest problem of the Universal Income is that it is a governmental remedy while the Government cannot be trusted. At the same time, living a parasitical lifestyle will undermine the very natural of humans, which is, the inherent need or inclination to build, work, explore, and develop.

To conclude, we cannot deny the fact that the advancement in technology is unprecedented. While this is being presented by the Government as the time of the replacement of human roles, I believe that we are about to face a major political challenge, rather than technological. The replacement of humans by technology and artificial intelligence will actually undermine the very foundations of the current political organization of the society. Out of survival, humans will seek to have access directly to the nature whereas the Government will show its true colors – as a dysfunctional system.

Therefore, the UI will be used by the Government as a deception to prevent people from taking the situation into their hands and find solutions.

In my view, given the fact that the problem that we are facing is related to technological advancement, the best way to find a solution is by removing the Government from the equation. This current political system will be dysfunctional.



Sabri Lushi

August 4, 2026