If we can, and it's good, that means we probably should

 So, expanding on the whole "do we really need the lockean proviso not being fulfilled to justify a UBI' spiel, I do want to expand on a thought I just had in trying to explain the problem of wage slavery to a friend. And I would argue that my idea is based in the ideas of progress I mentioned earlier, and how the standard shouldnt be to measure states against nature, but against other states and arguably theoretical ideals. I would say, if we can conceive of a society that is better and more conducive to human well being than what we have, and that we can reasonably attain it, then we should pursue it. 

If we can have a society where everyone gets free healthcare when we need it, and we can work out the logistics of it, and it would be better for people than the healthcare system we have now, then maybe we should do it. 

If we can make a society in which people can live well without working, and the stuff we need for society to function is still made, then maybe we should pursue it. After all, we are the masters of our reality, we should strive to live in the best society we can, and we are responsible for only ourselves.

I kind of believe this bypasses a lot of weird philosophy that people use to justify living in inferior realities. Like people dogmatically holding onto what some dude in the 17th century said even though there are obvious problems and downsides with his philosophy.

Rather, we should seek whatever approach both increases well being and happiness, while also granting people large amounts of freedom. Like, I honestly think the whole "Genesis argument" of "God did this, and he saw that it was good" is really all the justification we need to justify....well...anything. Except instead of God, it is us. If we can make the world a certain way, and we find it more desirable than what we have now, then maybe we should choose to live that way. 

Ya know, instead of forcing ourselves to be bound to some ancient philosophy from hundreds of years ago in a dogmatic way. Not saying that philosophy didn't have value at the time. I mean, our country and its social institutions were literally founded on it and it was a massive step forward from what came before. But that doesn't mean it's the peak of all society. If we can do better, we should. I don't really think that we should be confined to the ideas of old dead people. Even some of the old dead people in question (like Thomas Jefferson) didn't want that either.