Deuce

Tech, AI, finance, geopolitics, anything with rockets and motors, GovCon, & whatever else has my attention. Occasionally insightful. Occasionally full of shit.

[Deuce @Mikedavinci_]

I’m getting the sentiment the average person no longer sees a clear path to wealth.

Most people can’t afford a home. Rent eats up most of their salary, especially in the cities where the good jobs are. And telling people to invest assumes they have a stable job, access to a 401(k), and enough money left over after rent, food, healthcare, transportation, and childcare.

Then they’re expected to sacrifice for 30 or 40 years with no guarantee that their retirement savings will actually be enough, especially with the rate of inflation. When I was growing up, a million-dollar house sounded unbelievable. Now, in many places, it’s becoming normal.

The median 401(k) balance for people 65 and older is only around $88,000. That’s coming from one of the wealthiest generations in history, many of whom also benefited from cheaper homes, pensions, and decades of rising asset values. What is retirement going to look like for generations who can’t even afford to buy into the system?

Meanwhile, our leaders and the largest companies in the world keep telling us that AI is going to eliminate millions of jobs, but nobody has offered a serious solution for what those workers are supposed to do next.

So people would rather live now than spend 30 years trapped in a small, run-down apartment they can barely afford, unable to buy a home, have children, send those children to a good school, or take care of their parents as they get older.

At that point, “fuck the system” starts to feel less like rebellion and more like a rational response.

Welcome to the K-shaped economy. Unless something fundamentally changes, it will only get worse from here.

[Deuce @Mikedavinci_]

@hairbyriike This is just China

[flex @lowkflex]

I be sayin this shit randomly lmao

[Deuce @Mikedavinci_]

@drsuffy Himothy

[Deuce @Mikedavinci_]

😂

[Kevin Xu @kevinxu]

the stock market is basically a GoFundMe for AI compute now

[Tether Babble ♌️ 🇭🇹 @cliff_ohio]

How LA niggas look at you when you tell them to stop killing kids over Major League Baseball hats

[Deuce @Mikedavinci_]

"The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat." - Lily Tomlin

[Deuce @Mikedavinci_]

@JUSTcatmeme This is not far off from how my grandfather got his first job 😭

[mr_eggs 🇵🇸 @scrumble_eggs]

Will you hesitate when the time comes?

[Nord Wynn @Man__WUmgxs]

🧊🤣💯:The accuracy...This the real reason Kendrick won't drop anytime soon...Drake dun put that pressure on dat boy:💯😭🧊

[Feezha @eezharhh]

When a man has only sons and no daughter 😂 This video cracked me up

[Deuce @Mikedavinci_]

God, soften my heart.

[IcyVert @IcyVert]

Holy shit the first career ending injury in robotic athletics

[chef dee @chefdeemusic]

every time I come across a Haitian artist they’re always so talented I love when they rap in creole too

[music is the cure @musicisthecur3]

Cordae - Two Tens (feat. Anderson .Paak)

[J🦑🌅 @SumerianEunuch]

Getting coked up and ruining your nephew's birthday party must feel good asf