I think that there is this notion that if you live off something like a basic income or state support that you are somehow not “pulling your weight”.
But I think this assumes that all jobs “pull weight” or are helpful. In fact most jobs are totally useless (bureaocratic BS jobs) or outright harmful (gambling, selling alcohol, selling many BS medications, military, selling ads – like facebook and google, etc).
At the very least having a “job” propagates the psychological helplessness of your class, especially if you are being abused by some asshole manager, which is often the case across all industries.
Convincing someone to pay you, or being part of someone else's abusive structure is not “pulling your weight”.
In fact fighting this propaganda by not working does more good than taking a job. It moves the needle just that little bit. You are one small statistic, one person who managed to hold out.