If [over]population is a factor, then "post-scarcity" is fiction.
This makes me think BI advocates are quietly assuming constraints such as "we'll discourage reproduction somehow"--while constantly mentioning how BI will be free of constraints.
The real false assumption here is that increased standard of living leads to overpopulation. The data indicates the opposite is true.
Reproduction is a survival mechanism. Threaten an organisms survival, and that mechanism is triggered.
By the way, the issue is not as much population growth as high consumption. What is worse, more people living on basic income or the billions in China and India aspiring to an American middle class lifestyle?
So absence of scarcity will totally be a thing if everything just goes according to plan. Got it.
Your sarcasm does not contribute to this discussion.