Bernie Sanders: AI oligarchs do not want to just replace specific jobs, they want to replace the working class. We must fight back.
2d 13h ago by sh.itjust.works/u/FoxtrotDeltaTango in politics from www.sanders.senate.gov
cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/51382283
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Which would be very short sighted because the working class is probably the ones buy the shitty Ai products
The profit margins can be maintained if the working class all die off and everything ends up in the hands of the rich.
Historically the middle class rises when there’s a population die off so the wealthy class would lose money and power
Fight back with what, supporting the blue fascists that dont care about the working class either?
replace me already, i have so many hobbies to get into
And how do you afford them. Who do they sell to.
By the numbers: 59% of all consumer spending now comes from the top 20% of income earners in the U.S., a near record high, according to a Moody's Analytics analysis of recently released numbers from the Federal Reserve.
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/22/jobs-stock-market-rich-americans
They don’t care about the poor or middle class. Their target audience has shifted to the wealthy. All services will be subsidized by the masses via taxes and limited to delivery to the wealthy.
Then poor get shit tier education and employment while the wealthy get elite universities and access to quality and luxury goods.
Everyone else will slowly get dumber and poorer until the transition to a fully automated workforce is complete.