Robert A. Heinlein wrote along similar lines in a number of his stories. I believe this school of thought, if memory servers me right, started in the 20s or 30s.
Exactly right. He went into detail in “For Us The Living, A Comedy of Customs”. It is also the stated end-goal of the Cloward-Piven strategy. We focus often on the ‘tear down’ aspect and ignore the details of what they want to build.
They already have the basic income. If they actually take the time to investigate some of the 85+ entitlement programs that are out there, they will reap a disposable income that rivals middle class income.
These people don’t work, they don’t have responsibility, they don’t get up before 10-11AM, they don’t even pay to have their garbage hauled off.
The only thing they do is to consume, eat, get fat, have kids and drain the wealth of this country