The Quiet Revolution: How Universal Basic Income Became the Blueprint for Control

By Red Blood – Investigative Report, 2025

I. The Birth of a Benevolent Idea

Universal Basic Income — UBI — didn’t start in Silicon Valley. Its roots reach back to the 1500s, when political philosophers like Thomas More imagined a society where no one starved because the state provided for all.

Fast-forward to the 20th century: the concept resurfaces during economic crises. In the 1960s, even Milt…