We meaningfully passed that point decades ago.

You think all those lawyers and bar tenders and whatever MTG was serving in Congress are out there tilling fields and sewing shirts? Nope. Without that tech they are f...

"They"

Who are you talking about? Because if you haven't noticed the people in charge now will die.

Most of the Fortune 500 of the 1900s have been gone for decades. The olds are vastly outnumbered by youth who either hate them or wouldn't mind just getting to beat someone who can't fight back up

With measles and food contamination going wild now it's just as likely the rich and pols kill themselves.

There is no beating physics and Elon, Thiel, and such rely on a lot of people to do the work for them. If society implodes all bets are off. Their wealth is coupled to legitimacy of America. Those body guards aren't going to abandon families for a broke former billionaire

There's no upside for the rich is things implode or the divide is not believed to exist; they become common rabble and get a pick axe too

The rich and politicians are just stupid meat suits too. They misread a room and screw up alot