But like all lenses, it renders some aspects with clarity, while it obscures others

Politics exists to serve humanity. When you take it to the extreme, it does not.
Having billionaires pay a smaller share of taxes in percentage terms than working people, obviously does not serve humanity. But neither does UBI that incentivizes able-bodied able minded adults to not work. If you don't believe me, ask Jim(mungofitch) whose French maid cried because she could make more money doing nothing. I would rather have EITC than UBI. I don't believe in terms like government giveaways, because the government does not generate money, it just robs Peter to pay Paul. The only question is is Peter really being robbed or is he paying his fair share for the social compact?
On this board, you're mostly for taking money from the rich
to pay the poor. I don't think that's the right lens either. You should be thinking about working versus idle instead of rich versus poor. I concede that there are more idle rich than there are idle poor just because of how many works. Regardless, you guys should be advocating for the working folks and not the idle ones. Without working people, rich or poor, a society cannot survive.
(to clarify, obviously I'm excluding people who cannot work, like the very young, or the very old, or the disabled.)