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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
It actually can keep going on like this and likely will. There are regimes the world over that deal with this issue but worse. The wealthy will just remove themselves from the problem more and more and the number of desperate poor will continue to swell as the middle classes wither away. And there’s not much we can do about it because the the USA is not a real democracy and it’s military is too powerful for any kind of armed resistance. Right now, a large enough portion of the population can maintain a comfortable-ish life. That’s likely to still be true for the next couple decades at least. And as long as this is true, we aren’t going to get the massive civil unrest and disobedience necessary to bring the wealthy to the negotiation table.
gpt
Exactly. There will be “homeless free zones” where people with money can exist away from the issue and the poor masses will continue to grow outside of those areas. You can find situations like this all over the world. Slums, favelas, tent cities, etc. Those in power won’t have to deal with it, and they won’t.