Comment Comment by ihumanable We've seen in the K-shaped economy of late a new kind of consumerism.The top 10% of consumers accounted for half of all spending in the second quarter of 2025.Capitalism will happily chug along while leaving a massive number of people desperately poor.There's a reason the AI CEOs have all become obsessed with the concept of a "permanent underclass."If a UBI is ever "given" it will be just enough to keep the underclass from rising up and killing the owner class and not one cent more. parent ihumanable 2 months ago
The top 10% of consumers accounted for half of all spending in the second quarter of 2025.
Capitalism will happily chug along while leaving a massive number of people desperately poor.
There's a reason the AI CEOs have all become obsessed with the concept of a "permanent underclass."
If a UBI is ever "given" it will be just enough to keep the underclass from rising up and killing the owner class and not one cent more.