Tonight I listened to an economics and finance livestream — the kind that sells courses and memberships. I almost signed up. I rarely pay attention to sales pitches, but this one hit the right nerve. For a moment I was seriously considering joining at 200-something yuan a month. Then I checked my wallet and thought better of it. Not there yet. 😭
But one thing they said was spot on: in today’s market, the people who actually earn more than just enough to get by tend to have one or more of these — capital, high cognition (a fancy degree plus knowing how to monetize it), connections above, family wealth below, good looks, or silver-tongued eloquence. 🤔
Some say AI gives ordinary people more opportunity — a great equalizer. But in the end, ordinary people just become sharecroppers under a new feudal system, working for the landlord, paying tribute on schedule. The GPU clusters and the electricity to run them don’t belong to ordinary people.
