The U.S. Economy’s Slow Death: Systemic AI Replacing the Middle Class and the Cannibalization of American Workers to Feed a Grotesque Ruling Elite

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This article was greatly strengthened thanks to the valuable insights and guidance of Steve Quayle. I’m proud to acknowledge his contribution.

Lately I’ve been watching the endless media propaganda screaming that the economy is “strong.” But personally, I find it increasingly impossible to cope — and it’s not just me. I look around at my friends, my family, my neighbors, and I see the same silent desperation everywhere. Everyone is struggling to survive in America while AI is taking over entire industries at breakneck speed. Even if the economy magically “rebounded” tomorrow, those jobs are gone forever — robots and intelligent systems are projected to replace 80% to 90% of all jobs in the near future. This isn’t some distant sci-fi threat; it’s happening right now. Even if you’re lucky enough to still have a job, you’re working at least 50 hours a week just to barely stay afloat. Meanwhile, prices are exploding day after day, bills multiply like an unstoppable plague, taxes and medical costs spiral out of control, and hidden fees devour every paycheck. The system feels meticulously designed to keep us on our knees, crushed “at the limit of survival.” Is that really what they want?

You don’t need to be an economist to see the brutal reality. The U.S. economy is not merely in trouble — it is on life support, deliberately strangled by a ruling elite that sees your suffering as an acceptable sacrifice for their dystopian fantasies. We are facing massive unemployment, with AI and automation wiping out millions of jobs forever. Meanwhile, prices for food and essential goods have exploded by 30% or more, devouring family budgets almost overnight. Wages are frozen or declining in real terms, while the cost of living soars uncontrollably, stripping away every shred of financial security. Savings? They’re losing value dramatically — by a third or more — evaporating before your eyes. You might expect that with automation and AI, prices would drop, but instead they skyrocket, deliberately tightening the noose around what’s left of the middle class. AI will replace up to 300 million jobs, wiping out what remains of the middle class and leaving behind a hollow, permanently dependent society. This isn’t just economic collapse; it’s a final assault on human dignity and freedom. The entire system feels intentionally designed to trap us in relentless, suffocating fear, permanently pinned “at the edge of survival.” Is this really the America we believed in? Is this the future they truly want for us?

Now imagine entire regions of America where the lights are gone for good. Hospitals permanently close, schools transform into tombs of lost futures, and hope itself is rationed like an illegal drug. This isn’t some futuristic sci-fi nightmare — it is happening now, in real time, across dozens of states.

While politicians flaunt their plastic smiles on TV and corporate economists babble about “soft landings,” millions of Americans are hanging by a thread. Entire communities are crumbling under impossible rents, monstrous medical bills, and a job market that looks more like a haunted casino rigged against them. The cracks we see today are only the beginning. When the next shockwave hits — and it will — those cracks will split into catastrophic chasms.

And let’s not forget the brutal truth that few dare to say aloud: massive unemployment is here, hidden behind manipulated data. Millions have simply stopped looking for work, disappeared from the statistics, or been forced into unstable gig jobs with no protections, no benefits, and no future. Those who still work in America are watching their wages swallowed alive, while their living costs explode like an uncontained fire.

Meanwhile, inflation on essentials like food, energy, and utilities is at 30% or more, year after year. You see it every time you shop for groceries or pay your bills. Those lucky enough to still have jobs find their paychecks devoured before they can even cover rent and food. Wages are not keeping up. Cost of living is exploding. Purchasing power is stripped away. Savings are losing value dramatically — basically by a third — destroying any remaining hope of security or retirement.

This is not capitalism. This is not free enterprise. This is economic cannibalism — a system that devours its own people to feed a grotesque new global order. It’s a legalized, engineered transfer of wealth so diabolical it amounts to a spiritual war against the American middle class.

The strategy is brutal but clear: drive up your living costs to unmanageable levels, suppress your wages so you can never rise, burn your savings into ash, and finally enslave you through endless debt, algorithmic tracking, and digital chains. Make no mistake: this is no accident. It’s a precise, methodical campaign orchestrated by a ruling class that has openly declared war on its own citizens.

Today, the United States is producing more millionaires and billionaires than at any point in history. But where is this obscene wealth coming from? From you. Every penny is sucked directly from your labor, your savings, your children’s futures. Your grocery bills, your children’s college funds, your shattered retirement — all funneled into yachts, private jets, luxury compounds, and underground bunkers for the ultra-rich.

How do you feel about that? Do you still think these architects of our destruction have your best interests at heart? You are literally financing the luxurious lifestyles of your own executioners. The middle class is intentionally annihilated, because desperate people living on the edge are easy to control. When you’re too busy fighting to keep the lights on and food on the table, you don’t question, you don’t protest, and you certainly don’t resist.

And what are most Americans doing? Sitting back, numbed by cheap entertainment, hypnotized by corporate propaganda, just waiting to see what happens next. They still cling to the illusion that these so-called “leaders” — the corporate puppets in tailored suits — actually care. Obviously, they do not.

The system is devouring itself to survive until it can fully roll out its next stage: total digital control, mass surveillance, programmable central bank currency, forced scarcity, and algorithm-driven obedience. They don’t even bother to hide it anymore: “You will own nothing and be happy.” But what they really mean is: you will own nothing — and they will own you.

Meanwhile, the propaganda machine shrieks “the economy is strong,” Wall Street claps for fake earnings, and politicians peddle false hope like cheap fentanyl. While they sip champagne behind gates, Main Street bleeds out. Prices skyrocket. Basic necessities vanish. You’re told to stay silent and call it “normal.”

Manufacturing? Destroyed. The fantasy of “bringing jobs back” was always a psychological sedative to keep you passive. The dollar is systematically destroyed, stripping your purchasing power and igniting a death spiral few can even fathom. When people can’t buy, factories die. When factories die, towns die. When towns die, America’s soul dies forever.

Consumer demand? Imploding. Credit card debt is exploding to all-time highs. Families drown in interest payments and are pushed into homelessness or debt slavery, while the ruling elite laugh from their offshore fortresses.

This isn’t just an American tragedy. Global tremors are shaking every continent. Japan’s looming financial detonation is a ticking bomb that will send shockwaves across the world, shattering any illusion of global stability. The new wars are no longer just military — they are economic, psychological, technological. You are no longer a citizen. You are a data point, a commodity to be harvested and discarded.

Congress? A grotesque theater of betrayal. A circus of paid actors spouting scripted lies from teleprompters. The surveillance state? It’s already here, sold to you as “safety” and “efficiency,” while your privacy, freedom, and dignity are systematically erased.

And in the end? The powerful will pretend to be “shocked” when their monstrous creation turns against them. They’ll hide behind fortress walls and private armies, richer than ancient emperors. And you? You’ll be left trying to explain to your children why they must live as debt slaves for crimes and debts they never created.

This is not a recession. This is not a “cycle.” This is a deliberate demolition — a spiritual war against freedom, dignity, and the very human spirit.

Here, in the final words of this article, I want to speak directly to you — to regular American citizens, to the middle class (if it can even be called that anymore), to every soul grinding through endless hours just to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table. How does this so-called “booming economy” feel to you?

Am I living in some strange bubble where my family, my friends, and I feel the walls closing in — or do you see it too? Tell me below: when do you believe you’ll actually “feel” this strong economy they keep preaching about? Do you honestly believe that day will ever come?

Comment below. Your voice matters now more than ever — because if we don’t speak up now, there may not be a voice left to raise tomorrow.