The 2030s Paradox: Hyper-Cheap Products but Unaffordable for Wageless Masses
VraserX · x · 2026-08-13
The author proposes a counterintuitive scenario for the 2030s: as AI and automation advance, products will become insanely cheap to manufacture, and companies will achieve unprecedented productivity.
However, with jobs being displaced, fewer people will receive wages. This creates a systemic paradox: even if goods are incredibly cheap, ordinary people will still struggle to afford them due to a lack of income. The author argues that such an economic system would be fundamentally broken by design.
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