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multigraincracker

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3. Seems all the benefits go to the rich.

Reply to GreatGazoo (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2026, 07:55 AM

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The middle class and poor get poorer.
How about a tax on AI? For every job replaced, an equal amount of those savings taxed to pay for the programs to protect the masses, like SS and food aid. Trickle Down theory is a lie.

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AI Backlash Backlash [View all] GreatGazoo Yesterday OP

No but your observations appear to be on point biophile Yesterday #1

They.have billions of dollars on the line from investors. Lochloosa Yesterday #2

Seems all the benefits go to the rich. multigraincracker Yesterday #3

This is it exactly OnionPatch 23 hrs ago #6

In Adam Smiths book, Wealth of Nations, multigraincracker 22 hrs ago #7

Did you mean to write it that way? Mossfern 22 hrs ago #10

I'm on one of those language spectrums. multigraincracker 21 hrs ago #11

Absolutely Mossfern 20 hrs ago #13

I find it hard to believe the party that wants to eliminate the social safety net will subsidize beach vacations sop 23 hrs ago #4

This x 1000 Ferrets are Cool 23 hrs ago #5

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it." ― Sinclair eppur_se_muova 22 hrs ago #8

"We will get UBI, lay on the beach and finally write that novel." JustABozoOnThisBus 22 hrs ago #9

I see signs of it from AI propagandists on X complaining that AI opponents are too organized and too highplainsdem 21 hrs ago #12

Excellent points GreatGazoo 19 hrs ago #14

If there was ever an industry that didn't deserve trust, it's generative AI. And those mini nuclear power plants highplainsdem 18 hrs ago #15