I mean violent both because violence would probably be needed and because it would need to be done at great speed.
Currently, there's a clear path to go from poverty to middle class. It's easier for some depending right now but not an impossibility. If jobs become a luxury, there won't be a middle class.
Rapid job loss + UBI doesn't lead to anything except rich people lording over the rest of us. Granted that's already the case, but UBI doesn't solve much currently. We have welfare to take care of the bottom rungs, we need to level the playing field so there isn't much rungs about it.
No, clearly, I don't mean mom&pop shops. It would be more apt to go with profits I guess, past a certain level, you get a medal and your company gets nationalized.
I'd say we should nationalize every publicly-traded company, install price controls, use the revenue to fund UBI, civic infrastructure, and social assistance programs; and then balance the sheets so that each company barely breaks even without extracting any profits.
That's basically what I'm trying to say, but UBI alone is basically a bandage that hides the wound and stops a minimum of bleeding. Imo, it's more of a trap then anything else. Something to pacify the masses once it gets bad so the rich can keep their game going.