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Former CIA Officer Predicts AI Will Replace Poor While Wealthy Families Consolidate Power

By Egleze Editorial Desk · Published July 10, 2026 · Everyday Spy · The Truth About China’s Rise and the End of Western Dominance
Former CIA Officer Predicts AI Will Replace Poor While Wealthy Families Consolidate Power
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The Truth About China’s Rise and the End of Western Dominance

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"As the wealthy get wealthier, they will have more children, and their children will also be wealthy. But as the poor get poorer, if they have children, those poverty-stricken children will die. Elon Musk is envisioning a future where there's abundance for all, but he's also envisioning a future where the overall population is much, much smaller because poor people will die, poverty-stricken people will not survive."

The intelligence veteran directly contradicts Elon Musk's vision of AI-driven abundance, arguing instead that AI will consolidate wealth among the rich while eliminating opportunities for the poor. He claims wealthy families will propagate their advantages to children while poverty-stricken children will die young, go to prison, or emigrate, creating a smaller but wealthier overall population.

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