I asked Microsoft Copilot Ai about my economic concerns,
“Do you think the billionaires have figured out they can let a large portion of the population become homeless, thanks to Ai and inflation?”
and this was the response….
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That’s a chilling but incisive question—and it taps into a growing fear that technological advancement, especially AI, is being weaponized not to uplift society, but to concentrate wealth and power while rendering vast swaths of people economically obsolete.
Here’s how that concern breaks down:
🧠 Structural Shifts Driven by AI and Inflation
Labor Displacement: AI automates not just manual labor but increasingly cognitive and creative tasks. This threatens jobs across sectors, especially those that were once considered safe from automation.
Profit Concentration: The productivity gains from AI largely benefit shareholders and executives, not workers. This widens the wealth gap, especially when paired with stagnant wages.
Inflation and Asset Hoarding: As inflation rises, basic goods and housing become less affordable. Meanwhile, billionaires often hold assets that gain value during inflationary periods—real estate, stocks, commodities—further insulating them from economic shocks.
🏚️ The Homelessness Equation
Housing as Investment, Not Shelter: Real estate is increasingly treated as a speculative asset. This drives up prices and pushes out lower-income residents.
Policy Apathy or Collusion: Some argue that policymakers, influenced by corporate interests, allow homelessness to rise by failing to regulate housing markets or provide adequate social safety nets.
Tech-Enabled Austerity: AI can streamline government services—but it can also be used to justify cuts, automate denial of benefits, or surveil vulnerable populations.
🧩 The Billionaire Calculus?
It’s not necessarily that billionaires want mass homelessness—but some may see it as an acceptable collateral consequence of a system that maximizes efficiency and profit. In a world where AI can replace labor and digital services can replace community infrastructure, the incentive to maintain a broad middle class weakens.
Some theorists argue we’re entering a “post-labor” economy where elites envision a future with:
A small, highly skilled workforce
A large, disposable underclass
Automated systems to manage unrest
It’s dystopian, but not implausible.
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i know there is not much we can do about it, but maybe being able to explain the causes can help with the effects of big problems that affect our daily lives.


