It’s 2025 and the American middle class is dead. Completely gone. And we’re acting like this is fine. The country we grew up believing in doesn’t exist anymore. The promise that hard work gets rewarded? That’s over. Millions of Americans are living in conditions that would make third-world countries feel sorry for us.
The average person has been completely abandoned. Corporate overlords have squeezed every drop of wealth out of the working class and now demand we thank them for it. You’re expected to sacrifice your entire existence – 70, 80 hours a week – just to barely survive.
This isn’t politics. This is economic warfare. The numbers are depressing and the people running this show are counting on us being too exhausted to fight back.
A basic one-bedroom apartment for $1,800 requires $64,800 annual income to qualify. 78% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Median household income is $70,000, but after taxes and necessities, people are drowning. We’ve created a system where most Americans can’t afford basic shelter.
When people can’t afford traditional housing, where do they go? The answer should terrify you.
Americans paying to live in storage units with no running water, no proper ventilation, no emergency exits, risking their lives because the alternative is homelessness.
And here’s the thing – we’re not just becoming a third-world country. We’re becoming worse than one. At least in developing nations, people have communities, they have extended families, they have social structures. Here? You’re on your own. You work 80 hours a week and die alone.
Let’s talk about healthcare – and I want you to understand how completely we’ve been betrayed by this system. Emergency room visits that cost $7 in Vietnam are costing Americans $3,000 WITH insurance. Medical bankruptcy affects 530,000 families annually in America. That’s more than the entire population of Wyoming going bankrupt every year just from getting sick.
This is American healthcare in 2025. People are choosing between insulin and rent. Between cancer treatment and keeping their homes. Families with decent jobs and insurance are being destroyed by medical debt. And the worst part? This was designed. This isn’t an accident – this is how the system is supposed to work. It’s a wealth extraction machine, and you’re the product.
What we’re witnessing is the complete destruction of the American economic model that built the middle class. For 75 years after World War II, we operated on a simple premise: work hard, follow the rules, get rewarded with a middle-class life. That social contract doesn’t just exist anymore – it’s been deliberately torn up and burned.
The question isn’t whether Americans can adapt to third-world conditions – clearly we can. The question is what happens to a superpower when the majority of its population has nothing left to lose.
Because that’s where we’re heading. And when we get there, when the cost of living exceeds human capacity to earn money, when 80-hour weeks aren’t enough anymore – what happens then?
The social contract between the American people and their government has been completely shattered. And historically, when that happens, very dark things follow.
