> this is why i think its kind of funny that people object to the idea of Universal Basic Income, when it's already being experienced in so many aimless offices. I do think this is a gross misallocation of resources, but insofar as moral judgment goes it's not obviously less moral than many other inequities in society.

Absolutely. I've worked in multiple different companies, of different sizes, since about 2011 with breaks in between. One common theme was the amount of pointless work going on, stuff that could've been streamlined or automated, or manual reports that no-one reads or acts upon.