It's a tough sell you gotta admit it. That money came from someone making an effort (even if it was in form of large [reluctant]corporate taxes).

Also slacking (I am half a slacker on the way to ~zero) is toxic on the long run.

I always thought of universal income as way to allow me to grow without a burden. Learning, helping, producing (whether art, tools, ...).

It's supposed to help strengthen the social tissue.

That may be the prevailing American ideology, but it certainly isn't the prevailing ideology worldwide. The idea that being bad at capitalism makes you deserving of misery is just awful - our country is too wealthy to act that way.