Bill Gates Says Capitalism Will Die—but He Hides the Worst Part

Bill Gates claims capitalism will no longer work in 20 years thanks to AI. But there’s something he doesn’t say: capitalism isn’t disappearing; it’s becoming more concentrated. If AI does all the work, who gets paid? Who owns the machines?

We analyze why Gates’s diagnosis is correct but his forecast is the most dangerous one possible: normalizing a transition that benefits those who already have everything, while everyone else has no bargaining power and no concrete plan. We compare it with the Industrial Revolution and what actually changed things.

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