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UBI is less of a 'fix' for capitalism and more of just 'harm reduction'. Especially as more and more jobs are automated.
As automation really takes off, it might even be necessary for the continuation of capitalism, saving the capitalists from the hordes of desperate unemployed people by making the unemployed people less desperate.
Also UBI is just possible in states that profit from the (post)colonial world order. It never has been a global solution / fix
Eh... Again, as automation rises, and productivity goes ever higher, UBI will become more and more viable, even places that didn't benefit from being colonizers.
If we're going to accept the paradigm that the few rich people who own all the robots get to keep all the profits from those robots' work, then they will become extremely rich. And they'll have plenty of money that can be taxed away and redistributed through a UBI system.